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Freedom Box Foundation Wants Plug Servers For All

Posted by samzenpus on from the plud-privacy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "From the NYTimes.com article: 'A Columbia law professor in Manhattan, Eben Moglen, [is] putting together a shopping list to rebuild the Internet — this time, without governments and big companies able to watch every twitch of our fingers. ... Put free software into the little plug server in the wall, and you would have a Freedom Box that would decentralize information and power, Mr. Moglen said. This month, he created the Freedom Box Foundation to organize the software.'"

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  1. The plan by Sarten-X · · Score: 5, Funny
    1. Make a bunch of tiny servers.
    2. ???
    3. Freedom!
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    You do not have a moral or legal right to do absolutely anything you want.
  2. Re:"Running a server" in violation of AUP by tepples · · Score: 5, Informative

    You can run a server with any ISP, but you can't use this server for BUSINESS if you have a residential plan

    That's not what the acceptable use policies that I've read state. From Comcast Xfinity Internet AUP:

    prohibited uses and activities include, but are not limited to, using the Service, Customer Equipment, or the Comcast Equipment, either individually or in combination with one another, to: [...] use or run dedicated, stand-alone equipment or servers from the Premises that provide network content or any other services to anyone outside of your Premises local area network (“Premises LAN”), also commonly referred to as public services or servers. Examples of prohibited equipment and servers include, but are not limited to, e-mail, Web hosting, file sharing, and proxy services and servers;

    From Verizon DSL and FiOS Internet AUP:

    You also may not exceed the bandwidth usage limitations that Verizon may establish from time to time for the Service, or use the Service to host any type of server.