What's Needed For Freedom In the Cloud? 81
jrepin writes "Georg Greve from Free Software Foundation Europe has often been asked to explain what he considers necessary prerequisites for an open, free, sustainable approach toward what is often called 'The Cloud,' or also 'Software as a Service.' He gives 7 ingredients that are necessary for freedom in the cloud. For example, 'it should be illegal to change privacy policies on users without their explicit consent. They need to know what is changing, and how, and what will be the resulting level of privacy they enjoy – in the same clear, transparent and understandable manner.'"
Re:I don't need The Cloud, but I do need a service (Score:2, Informative)
Sounds like you need Ubuntu One. Just the free package gets you 5GB and access via Android/iOS.
http://one.ubuntu.com/