- From: Norman Richter <devel@directbox.com>
- Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 23:00:42 +0200
- To: public-rww@w3.org
You guys know AeroFS? It's encrypted P2P syncing. Not open source and still beta. But may be an alternative for the moment and worth to check it out. https://aerofs.com/ for more information see also: https://d37fxzwppxbuun.cloudfront.net/docs/what_aerofs_can_do_for_your_team.pdf http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/13/yc-funded-aerofs-its-like-dropbox-but-it-runs-inside-your-firewall/ http://blog.ycombinator.com/aerofs-yc-w10-now-launches-to-the-public-build-your-own-dropbox-and-sync-files-to-infrastructure-you-own-yourself http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/04/build-your-own-dropbox-service-aerofs-now-open-to-the-masses/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1976264 https://aerofs.com/terms#security https://www.aerofs.com/terms#privacy Norman --- > Quoting Melvin Carvalho (2013-06-08 12:43:31) >> Far from a perfect solution, but isnt Ubuntu One open source and cross >> platform? > No, Ubuntu One is not Open Sorce / Free Software as a solution. > > Ubuntu One is, according to <https://launchpad.net/ubuntuone-servers>, > proprietary licensed without access to source code. > > _client_ code exist for interaction with Ubuntu One, which is > GPL-licensed and therefore Open Source according to OSI as well as Free > Software according to "Debian Free Software Guidelines". > > Open/Free clients exists also for Facebook, Twitter and DropBox. > > <https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/LeavingTheCloud> lists these Free > alternatives to DropBox with GUI clients for multiple platforms: > > SparkleShare: <http://sparkleshare.org/> > iFolder: <http://www.ifolder.com/ifolder> > git-annex: <http://git-annex.branchable.com/> > > SparkleShare and git-annex uses git (not sure about iFolder). > > SparkeShare and iFolder have been around for quite some time, written in > C#. git-annex is younger, written in Haskell. > > I would recommend to take a good look at git-annex. > > > - Jonas >
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