[Freedombox-discuss] http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/0153204/Security-Consultants-Wa rn-About-PROTECT-IP-Act

[Ted Smith]

On Tue, 2011-07-19 at 16:31 +1000, John Walsh wrote:
> Hi Ted,
> I am expressing my personal opinion and do not speak for FBF.
> > 
> > I think that the mistake being made most on this mailing list 
> > is the tendency to devise solutions to complicated problems. 
> > Sadly, this is just not a thing that can be done on a mailing 
> > list. If the FreedomBox project exists to integrate existing 
> > software, devising solutions to complicated problems is 
> > wholly outside the scope of the FreedomBox. I wonder why such 
> > discussion is encouraged on this list when there are so many 
> > better places to go for it.
>  
> I think people are devising solutions to complicated problems because AFAIKT
> the software in the "FBF Is/Is Not" mail lists Debian solutions that do not
> exist today;
>   ## Facilitates secure, anonymous and private chat and messaging
>   * Is the nerve center of your distributed social network.
>   * Is a platform for federated social networking.
>   * Is a platform for distributed collaboration.
> Do you know Debian software solutions for these requirements?

My point is not that a Debian package exists for all things anyone wants
the FreedomBox to do. My point is that it is impossible to solve the
difficult problems of constructing such systems on a mailing list alone.
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