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Slide 1: Distributed E-mail Delivering infrastructure, the syndicated way Gustav Eek Stefan Kangas Fellowship of Free Software Foundation Europe Göteborg FSCONS, November 7 2010 Slide 2: Fripost – The free email association Overview Introduction Background – power over the infrastructure Free computer labour The Free E-mail Association Slide 3: Fripost – The free email association Centralisation of Internet Distributed ⇒ Centralised Slide 4: Fripost – The free email association Software as a Service Users perform their computer work on servers controlled by others. Slide 5: Fripost – The free email association Privacy and Surveillance We are not only being spied on by states! Slide 6: Fripost – The free email association Privacy and Surveillance We are not only being spied on by states! “Services” you get with Google’s mail service: Slide 7: Fripost – The free email association Privacy and Surveillance We are not only being spied on by states! “Services” you get with Google’s mail service: Advertisement Semantic analyses Spying Slide 8: Fripost – The free email association Free software The four freedoms of free software Freedom to. . . 0. Run, for any purpose 1. Study and modify 2. Share 3. Share modiﬁed versions Slide 9: Fripost – The free email association Free computer labour The four freedoms of free computer labour 1. 2. 3. 4. Slide 10: Fripost – The free email association Free computer labour The four freedoms of free computer labour 1. The work is performed exclusively with free software 2. 3. 4. Slide 11: Fripost – The free email association Free computer labour The four freedoms of free computer labour 1. The work is performed exclusively with free software 2. The work is performed with computer hardware that entirely is at one’s possession and control 3. 4. Slide 12: Fripost – The free email association Free computer labour The four freedoms of free computer labour 1. The work is performed exclusively with free software 2. The work is performed with computer hardware that entirely is at one’s possession and control 3. The information worked with is information that one possess 4. Slide 13: Fripost – The free email association Free computer labour The four freedoms of free computer labour 1. The work is performed exclusively with free software 2. The work is performed with computer hardware that entirely is at one’s possession and control 3. The information worked with is information that one possess 4. The result from the computer work also is at one’s possession and control Slide 14: Fripost – The free email association Internet’s servers Distributed ⇒ Centralised Slide 15: Fripost – The free email association Software as a Service, Round II Non-free in a double sense Slide 16: Fripost – The free email association Slide 17: Fripost – The free email association Let’s get organized FRIPOST the free e-mail association Slide 18: Fripost – The free email association Distributed e-mail system IMAP server mail gateway Internet mail gateway Log server Backup server Slide 19: Fripost – The free email association Distributed e-mail system IMAP server mail gateway Internet mail gateway Log server Backup server Slide 20: Fripost – The free email association Distributed e-mail system IMAP server mail gateway Internet mail gateway Log server Backup server Slide 21: Fripost – The free email association Distributed e-mail system IMAP server mail gateway Internet mail gateway Log server Backup server Slide 22: Fripost – The free email association Distributed e-mail system IMAP server mail gateway Internet mail gateway Log server Backup server Slide 23: Fripost – The free email association Organizational principles The association promises to. . . 1. Receive e-mail in a reliable manner 2. 3. Slide 24: Fripost – The free email association Organizational principles The association promises to. . . 1. Receive e-mail in a reliable manner 2. Provide for administrative transparency 3. Slide 25: Fripost – The free email association Organizational principles The association promises to. . . 1. Receive e-mail in a reliable manner 2. Provide for administrative transparency 3. Protect its members’ integrity: never... 3.1 3.2 3.3 Slide 26: Fripost – The free email association Organizational principles The association promises to. . . 1. Receive e-mail in a reliable manner 2. Provide for administrative transparency 3. Protect its members’ integrity: never... 3.1 Read or analyse emails, manually or automatically 3.2 3.3 Slide 27: Fripost – The free email association Organizational principles The association promises to. . . 1. Receive e-mail in a reliable manner 2. Provide for administrative transparency 3. Protect its members’ integrity: never... 3.1 Read or analyse emails, manually or automatically 3.2 Gather statistics about or analyse the members’ trafﬁc 3.3 Slide 28: Fripost – The free email association Organizational principles The association promises to. . . 1. Receive e-mail in a reliable manner 2. Provide for administrative transparency 3. Protect its members’ integrity: never... 3.1 Read or analyse emails, manually or automatically 3.2 Gather statistics about or analyse the members’ trafﬁc 3.3 Hand out any information to third party Slide 29: Fripost – The free email association Distributed e-mail? IMAP server mail gateway Internet mail gateway Log server Backup server Slide 30: Fripost – The free email association Slide 31: Fripost – The free email association Whats’s the difference? The e-mail service provided through FRIPOST is free! Free as in freedom (not free candy). Slide 32: Fripost – The free email association This is only the beginning Slide 33: Fripost – The free email association This is only the beginning GNU Social Slide 34: Fripost – The free email association This is only the beginning GNU Social Diaspora Slide 35: Fripost – The free email association This is only the beginning GNU Social Diaspora ... Slide 36: Fripost – The free email association What can we hope for? Larger structural change is needed. Slide 37: Fripost – The free email association What can we hope for? Larger structural change is needed. We might: Be instrumental in bringing about that change Provide an alternative for the eager Slide 38: Fripost – The free email association Slide 39: Fripost – The free email association References Turner, M. et.al. (2003). “Turning Software into a Service”, Computer vol. 36 Stallman, R. M (2010). “Who does that server really serve?”, Boston review Moglen E. (2010). Freedom in the Cloud, (talk) Free Software Foundation. “The Free Software Deﬁnition” Brownlow M. (2010). “Email and webmail statistics” Slide 40: Fripost – The free email association Distributed E-mail Delivering infrastructure, the syndicated way Gustav Eek Stefan Kangas Fellowship of Free Software Foundation Europe Göteborg FSCONS, November 7 2010