From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Geoffrey Teale Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Google Drive Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 19:19:29 +0200 Message-ID: References: <337BF2A1-085D-4CA0-A8FB-A18C321F17BB@mit.edu> <1335892465.2966.5.camel@dell-desktop.example.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1335892778 30642 80.91.229.3 (1 May 2012 17:19:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 17:19:38 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 01 19:19:38 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SPGji-0007CO-06 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 May 2012 19:19:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46137 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SPGjh-0000CO-8J for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 May 2012 13:19:37 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:49378) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SPGje-0000C4-FN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 May 2012 13:19:36 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SPGjc-0007Ko-OQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 May 2012 13:19:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ee0-f41.google.com ([74.125.83.41]:60642) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SPGjc-0007Ka-F3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 May 2012 13:19:32 -0400 Original-Received: by eeke53 with SMTP id e53so950429eek.0 for ; Tue, 01 May 2012 10:19:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=MuKfnmsVo5f+gVT9nKRZU/EEThJbKZMNR2Yn47B/QBY=; b=aCNK0HHxnow6dUDUy1+Hh6q9yQQYPdorQGwBx15KM+J3HWqQu9eTyICUEYOUpb7oRj XhTptyZO4KMY8XFV+7dWcqc9zjjIZ7scNjqsfBxSbsVipaz3gpoEsm/rawAHYdqXL1cR qFfhC3uH4K9N4xtaZp1ppLDo/ty8gMcOhixtoTyAscJ353bfNXbS64IALHlA94q5WLAB mQdEFhOzgF98VqDLeRk9m+QBsd+CRXqMrGVhTdlbu7HVkzWK0Jhl0tUNG199uWEWS10C mNM2+zJal0nSLxyiXe07FyVGqrkXkgQwTchgBwkO1tdOElD3m4hG/GIg7R8TT69ibr6A CqHg== Original-Received: by 10.14.194.72 with SMTP id l48mr4344718een.100.1335892769743; Tue, 01 May 2012 10:19:29 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.213.19.193 with HTTP; Tue, 1 May 2012 10:19:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1335892465.2966.5.camel@dell-desktop.example.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: mmDtS47r5wFCjdR4-enmMP_sDFk X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 74.125.83.41 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:150184 Archived-At: On 1 May 2012 19:14, Thomas Lord wrote: > Are there any free software packages that > provide functionality like DropBox or GoogleDrive? > Are there any companies that sell the utility > service of hosting that software, with > freedom-respecting terms of service and security > features such as optional encryption of stored > data? > > To me it seems like there *should* =A0be lots and lots > of small businesses doing that at a modest, fair > price mark-up. =A0 And then lots of GNU software, including > Emacs, should support that functionality. Ubuntu One has a GPLv3 licensed client. The server code is proprietary --=20 Geoff Teale .