From 8e43fce8730af7cce7fabc83e1dab7d54c85d1d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Kangas Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:04:28 +0100 Subject: Move files for publishing into site/ directory --- site/index.en.org | 127 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 127 insertions(+) create mode 100644 site/index.en.org (limited to 'site/index.en.org') diff --git a/site/index.en.org b/site/index.en.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bfc7550 --- /dev/null +++ b/site/index.en.org @@ -0,0 +1,127 @@ +#+TITLE: Fripost \ndash the Free Email Association +#+SETUPFILE: includes/level-0.org + +Note: See the [[file:medlemskap.en.org][membership]] page for more information about how to join. + +Technology has never been neutral. The ownership structure of technology +companies and their endeavour for profit ensures that usage of their services +for work and communication will never be free. + +At the same time, only a fraction of the everyday Internet users have knowledge +and resources enough to create free alternatives on their own. The question is +also: What can reasonably be expected from an average user in terms of +engagement in their privacy and freedom? + +For any one individual, the goal of user freedom may be unattainable. Together, +we can move mountains. + +We are proud to present the newly formed Association for Free Email, +Fripost. With a distributed network of servers, Fripost will deliver a free and +reliable email service. + +#+HTML:
+ +* FRIPOST \ndash FREE MAILING + +Free your mailing! + +The Internet is the most important communication medium in the majority of the +industrialised world. For those who take user freedom seriously it is saddening +to see how the Internet has changed from being a highly distributed network to +the increasingly privatised web we encounter today. A few strong parties control +major segments of important infrastructure that millions of users depend on +every day. + +** Software as a Service + +A concept introduced in the spirit of centralisation is Software as a Service +(SaaS). SaaS means that users perform their computer work on or through a +network server on the Internet or a local network. Examples of SaaS are Amazon +Cloud and Google Docs. One of the main problems with SaaS is that the users has +no control over their data. + +** Privacy and Surveillance + +With large clientele comes a lot of power. Large transnational operators, such +as Google, are profiting from efficient use of privacy invading +schemes. Together with e.g. Google's email service one also gets things that was +probably not asked for: advertisement, semantic analysis of email contents, and +spying. One part of Google's marketing strategy is to sell the collected +information to third party. + + +** The Free Email Association + +Fripost was founded in order to take back a small, but important, part of our +Internet life, namely the email communication infrastructure. We gather around +several servers that receive and stores the memabers' email. The reliability of +the service is of course of great importance. + + +Apart from reliability, also integrity preserving, democratic participation and +transparency are the watchwords of Fripost. The association will never be +interested in the content of its members' emails or other dealings. The +association never supplies information regarding members activities to third +party. Fripost keeps logs, and that is a part of all responsible service. But +these logs are only for reliable maintenance, and will never be used for other +purposes. + + +All work within the association is voluntary. The association is administrated +by a democratically elected board, and the server administrators are chosen on +democratic grounds. + +** What's the Difference? + +With mail services on today's market, users have no power over their mailing, +and must follow suit the provider's all whims. In that sense, those services can +never be regarded as free, as in freedom. However, the email service provided +through Fripost is free! This because of the co-ownership of the association's +means and the democratic structure of non-profit organisations. No private +for-profit corporation can offer that, at whatever price. + +Through collective organisation, Fripost render it possible for individuals to +bring yet another part of their computer usage under their own control. + +User freedom is possible! + +** Join Now + +So far we have a running test system; the software setup is working, but we have +not yet bought the hardware we want to use. The association rely on donations +and unconditional, unlimited loans, but to achieve sufficient dependability, we +need to do investments in storage and server hosting. + +300 SEK – A small price for freedom + +The starting budget needed is about 15 000 SEK. With a member fee of 300 SEK we +will need 50 members before we can really get going. + +|----------+----------| +| Plusgiro | 477884-1 | +| Bankgiro | 311-5060 | +|----------+----------| + +#+HTML:
+ +You may also use cash payment. + +** Participate Even More + +Fripost is based on voluntary work. There are always things to do for those who +want to get involved. Most of Fripost's members, however, just configure their +clients and free their mailing. + +** More information is available through + +[[http://fscons.org/infrastructure/distributed-email-system][Abstract of a talk, given by Gustav Eek and Stefan Kangas at FSCONS, November 2010]]. + +[[http://fellowship.se/][Fellowship of Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) Göteborg chapter's wiki-page]] + +Fripost started as a project within Göteborg Fellowship of FSFE, but is now an +independent association. + +A version of this text is available as a [[file:material/leaflet.pdf][leaflet]], which you can print and use to +spread the word. + +See the [[file:medlemskap.en.org][membership]] page for more information about how to join. Warm Welcomes! -- cgit v1.2.3