21
Mako Hill on cloud computing @ LibrePlanet
Keyword: Affero GPL, autonomo.us, cloud computing, software services.
Interesting talk covering a very very wide array of topic, from “free software usage in provider infrastructure” to “usage freedom of networked services” going through “ownership problems of user data on networks”.
It brings out quite a few important points about network services closed infrastructure (even if it use free software and are open about it). This is very important because it underline differences between Laconica and Twitter, between Amazon and more open infrastructure…
I’ll need quite some time to digest this talk and think about the implication about cloud computing. While I’ve been working in this domain for couples years, pushing free software mentality to services (not only the software) is quite interesting and important for the future of cloud computing.
tagged with : , consulting, freesoftware, fsf, libreplanet, saas, symposium | permalink