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Libreho.st – The Librehosters Network

42 points by grinsekatze 7y ago

wyc 7y ago
What's the liability involved in participation in such data collectives as hosts? From running a Tor exit node to un/wittingly seeding leaked restricted docs, someone who believes in digital freedom of speech and open access to information can unknowingly poke a beehive by trying to do their part. What are the latest books, communities, or cross-jurisdictional resources that pragmatically outline the risks involved for individuals running a computer servers hosting other peoples' stuff? The EFF comes to mind, but I know they're a small team and there might be a more focused group.
- singron 7y ago
  Is that even what this is? It seems more like loose organizational network rather than a type of computer network.
cameronbrown 7y ago
Awesome idea, however I dislike the use of JSON for any kind of data format. YAML although less standard is widely used, machine readable and also has the advantage of being much more human readable.
- vpzom 7y ago
  and also has a lot of unexpected behaviour in certain cases
ebg13 7y ago
Much of this fails at the most basic principle of marketing. You get 5 seconds of attention (maximum) before people bounce forever; don't make them dig. > - librehosters is a network of cooperation and solidarity First tell me concretely what you do. Do you aggregate links to FLOSS service providers? You can spend as much time as you want being vague after that. If you start with vagueness, you'll lose a large percentage of your audience immediately. > - Linux.Pizza is a collection of tools and services > - Dark Peak is a user-run co-operative providing hosted open-source software > - Disroot is a platform providing online services > - libre service provider > - Ethical service provider relying on FOSS > - Services for the Belgian Hackerspaces What services? Which software? In order to know anything about any of them right now, a person has to click through to every single one, which they will not do.
- hedora 7y ago
  I came to the comments in the hope that someone had explained WTF this project is. HN discourages “+1” comments, but I’m breaking the rule to chime in here. Maybe a concrete example or a howto would help? Can I use some of these services? Why should I trust you? Any of these things would help.
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42 points by grinsekatze 7y ago

wyc 7y ago

What's the liability involved in participation in such data collectives as hosts? From running a Tor exit node to un/wittingly seeding leaked restricted docs, someone who believes in digital freedom of speech and open access to information can unknowingly poke a beehive by trying to do their part. What are the latest books, communities, or cross-jurisdictional resources that pragmatically outline the risks involved for individuals running a computer servers hosting other peoples' stuff? The EFF comes to mind, but I know they're a small team and there might be a more focused group.

singron 7y ago
Is that even what this is? It seems more like loose organizational network rather than a type of computer network.

cameronbrown 7y ago

Awesome idea, however I dislike the use of JSON for any kind of data format. YAML although less standard is widely used, machine readable and also has the advantage of being much more human readable.

vpzom 7y ago
and also has a lot of unexpected behaviour in certain cases

ebg13 7y ago

Much of this fails at the most basic principle of marketing. You get 5 seconds of attention (maximum) before people bounce forever; don't make them dig. > - librehosters is a network of cooperation and solidarity First tell me concretely what you do. Do you aggregate links to FLOSS service providers? You can spend as much time as you want being vague after that. If you start with vagueness, you'll lose a large percentage of your audience immediately. > - Linux.Pizza is a collection of tools and services > - Dark Peak is a user-run co-operative providing hosted open-source software > - Disroot is a platform providing online services > - libre service provider > - Ethical service provider relying on FOSS > - Services for the Belgian Hackerspaces What services? Which software? In order to know anything about any of them right now, a person has to click through to every single one, which they will not do.

hedora 7y ago
I came to the comments in the hope that someone had explained WTF this project is. HN discourages “+1” comments, but I’m breaking the rule to chime in here. Maybe a concrete example or a howto would help? Can I use some of these services? Why should I trust you? Any of these things would help.

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