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FSF Helps Launch Autonomo.us To Focus On Freedom In Network Services

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the save-the-intartubez-bumper-stickers-coming-soon dept.

mako writes "The FSF just announced the results of a meeting it held on software freedom and network services. They are hailing the launch of a new group called Autonomo.us to follow up on these issues and the publication of the Franklin Street Statement on Freedom and Network Services which lays out a set of recommendations and guidelines for protecting freedom for software as a service." Update 22:07 GMT by SM: Corrected language incorrectly crediting FSF with creating Autonomo.us.

2 of 45 comments (clear)

  1. Inaccurate. by byolinux · · Score: 4, Informative

    This group is seperate from the FSF.

    The FSF news story explains that.

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  2. You mean domain squatters? by WiglyWorm · · Score: 3, Informative

    They're not "taken by people whose only intention is to put up some filler ad pages in the hopes that someone might happen along."

    They're there simply to sell for a profit in case someone wants to come along and use that name. It's a big business, right up there with buying potential misspellings of popular domains and putting up ads for their competitors.