On 10/10/2013 12:32 PM, Silke Meyer wrote:
> ok, I consulted Nosy, DaB. and Mette about this proposal and we will not
> make the home directories accessible to others. They can contain all
> sorts of private data, user names, e-mail addresses, ssh keys, who knows
> what else - maybe even gpg keys, so handing the complete package over is
> no option. I wouldn't want to "intrude" into the people's stuff. And
> we'd get in trouble with the law here, as the German data protection act
> is binding for us.

I agree with this as well, for those very reasons.  This is the reason
why Tool Labs insists that any "real" tool is run from multi-maintainer
project equivalents, and with clear licensing.

I would not allow user's own home directories to be turned over to a
third party under any circumstances, this is why we want no code running
there we might want to salvage in the future.  And, likewise, I'm pretty
sure the foundation wouldn't /want/ to be given custody over data that
may or may not be private from contributors who have not given explicit
leave to do so.