Re: [PATCH] * elpa-packages (webpaste): New package

[Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>]

Elis Hirwing <elis@hirwing.se> writes:

> Think pastebin-like services (not actually supporting pastebin<dot>com
> though). Yes they are in general SaaSS since the purpose of the mode is
> to "share parts of or whole buffers" by uploading it somewhere and get
> a link that can be shared.

Why are they SaaSS?  The definition I would use is:

    Service as a Software Substitute (SaaSS) means using a service as a
    substitute for running your copy of a program.  Concretely, it means
    that someone sets up a network server that does certain computing
    activities — for instance, modifying a photo, translating text into
    another language, etc. — then invites users to let that server do
    their own computing for them.  As a user of the server, you would
    send your data to the server, which does that computing activity on
    the data thus provided, then sends the results back to you or else
    acts directly on your behalf.

    https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html

In particular, note that later on that page, it says:

    The original idea of web servers wasn't to do computing for you, it
    was to publish information for you to access.  Even today this is
    what most web sites do, and it doesn't pose the SaaSS problem,
    because accessing someone's published information isn't doing your
    own computing.  Neither is use of a blog site to publish your own
    works, or using a microblogging service such as Twitter or
    StatusNet.