From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Efraim Flashner Subject: Re: Patches to add s3cmd and python-magic Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 10:17:54 +0300 Message-ID: <20160329071754.GB5562@debian-netbook> References: <87io071dqo.fsf@gmail.com> <20160328223542.5c66e67e@scratchpost.org> <878u11rgib.fsf@gmail.com> <87wpolpzq7.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="aM3YZ0Iwxop3KEKx" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37505) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aknud-0001eY-Vk for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 03:18:05 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aknuY-0001b6-8P for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 03:18:03 -0400 Received: from flashner.co.il ([178.62.234.194]:49345) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aknuY-0001b0-1N for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 03:17:58 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87wpolpzq7.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Chris Marusich Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org --aM3YZ0Iwxop3KEKx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 11:25:36PM -0700, Chris Marusich wrote: > Hi, >=20 > Before the s3cmd package gets submitted, I'd like to confirm first that > it meets the Free System Distribution Guidelines for inclusion in Guix: >=20 > https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html >=20 > I wonder whether it meets those guidelines because I see language like > the following on other pages that are linked from there: >=20 > https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#CloudComputing > "Another meaning (which overlaps that but is not the same thing) is > Service as a Software Substitute, which denies you control over your > computing. You should never use SaaSS." >=20 > And here: >=20 > https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html > "With free software, we, the users, take back control of our > computing. Proprietary software still exists, but we can exclude it from > our lives and many of us have done so. However, we are now offered > another tempting way to cede control over our computing: Service as a > Software Substitute (SaaSS). For our freedom's sake, we have to reject > that too." >=20 > The purpose of s3cmd is to provide a command-line interface to Amazon S3 > and CloudFront, which are services. The only use for s3cmd is to enable > people to use those services. With that in mind, does s3cmd meet the > guidelines for inclusion, or does it not? I'm not sure, and I would > appreciate a second opinion. >=20 > --=20 > Chris S3 has become so ubiquitous that there are other providers out there who offer S3 compatable storage (as you noted), and we have accepted other packages that offer interaction with S3 storage. --=20 Efraim Flashner =D7=90=D7=A4=D7=A8=D7=99=D7=9D = =D7=A4=D7=9C=D7=A9=D7=A0=D7=A8 GPG key =3D A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted --aM3YZ0Iwxop3KEKx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJW+iwiAAoJEPTB05F+rO6TjTcP/2FLIJoT/YhrYY/lt9DnPa8a kEeLN4ysBGJD6dC5oD/xTAW8bA/OEWvqPQazLEL20unQbEdrnSQLCobIwkT3NIMx QFpeJhOGy7U01gxpPGxQ4rhgOIPvxCHnrAxa9bnm3EvJ+gr87A2T5iGfnZqchDdW BERhpyhxGiKjvC/uYljdyUkrtNLoPvI1CDvFqy5zIKlAIaUuElHdHL7jurHQs2+Y gch73gl5ogEHtcS/OAhTX5SbAZ5ZM7DlI9dPMJ0rAtuDvs12wxQCfMLOSIrwb3VM u3xSxtMjPZs5g424bqwn7svIgoxDg0JJWnGhJDTQoguE0Re35SZKzB45QqMezOYH 2agjmr6Ccdeg0ZL0VBIAX8/yhtVpsyhED4NxePI9FX2HEBdgPrx+svlABBtHsbF8 RXQK9AsLNJUuE5+r6jx2NFwCeD6HOSKYGV8zfLcIdHroYaXjOe+JhoJVTVQm+hEZ oi57POKWxCu1rTscDI8vgRCMR8ajaA/MPe5QC3c0gWWivs2wcbnrW5ZgSlUyECHj ofQy6hh73nvswUfnvtNZBfEZr6ykGwzVS23WCGD9nPBatKYW6Tq/vOjbVNy/VLTo KsGBcVQIAyRmPJj30GAcgg7gonxOkWtZV35JyF8Jvk/DNOILhwi9KM92rghA4VTs Pg5OAhRKf91gcNLKEfrB =Qa8h -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --aM3YZ0Iwxop3KEKx--