Re: [GNU/consensus] [RFC][SH] User Data Manifesto

[Hugo Roy]

Le lundi 21 janvier 2013 à 15:01 -0500, Richard Stallman a écrit :
> To migrate data from X to Y consists of
> 1. Extracting a copy from X.
> 2. Entering it in Y.
> 3. Deleting it from X.
> 
> Whether you can enter it in Y is a matter between you and Y. 

But if the extracted copy from X is a big data dump, it can be very hard
to enter it in Y. Think of a blog provider (e.g., Posterous). All the
data entered was "just text." After using it for years, unless they
extract your data in a correct, interoperable format (e.g. RSS) then you
can't really enter it in Y again. 

So maybe we should change the paragraph. I think the right to migrate
might be too much to ask from a provider. But we should ask them to
provide us with a copy of our data in an interoperable format.
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Hugo Roy 
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