[liberationtech] a privacy preserving and resilient social network

[Alireza Mahdian]

those are all to protect our organization (CU Boulder) from any liability. also the contents that can be shared on this social network can be pretty much anything and since we can't control or monitor any of the contents being shared we had to have a strict terms of use agreement just to be clear that if the terms of use agreement is violated we are not gonna be liable. 

On Jun 28, 2013, at 1:06 AM, Ali-Reza Anghaie <ali at packetknife.com> wrote:

> I had similar confusion when I first started poking around - couldn't
> find a proper LICENSE file and then the ToUs including things that
> read an awful lot like Facebook instead of a distrubuted
> privacy-centric system.
> 
> Including:
> 
> ---
> a. You will not provide any false personal information on MyZone, or
> create an account for anyone other than yourself without permission.
> 
> b. You will not create more than one personal profile.
> ---
> 
> My guess is this is because of the Uni affiliation right now..
> 
> Architecture right now I'm not going to comment on. Going to
> reconsider past biases first.. -Ali
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 2:59 AM, Alireza Mahdian
> <alireza.mahdian at gmail.com> wrote:
>> this is to prevent modifications that would render it as a malware. I
>> haven't signed the code yet so I am just protecting myself from such
>> liabilities.
>> 
>> On Jun 28, 2013, at 12:51 AM, John Sullivan <johns at fsf.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I like the idea, so I was checking it out. I was confused by this
>> statement in the download terms:
>> 
>> Since MyZone Client Application is open source, you will not change any
>> part of MyZone’s code without the written approval of MyZone’s copyright
>> owner Alireza Mahdian reached at (alireza.mahdian at colorado dot edu).
>> 
>> 
>> Can you explain what you mean? Usually, something called "open source"
>> can be modified without any additional written approval.
>> 
>> -john
>> 
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Alireza Mahdian
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