Answer from John for Question 12

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John regards himself/herself as:

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What are other important issues in IFHOSP?

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12.1 Expanding an IFHOSP into multiple mirror sites to increase reliability and obtain more credibility from users

12.2 Maintaining a commitment to hosting only those projects which are under a sufficiently liberal license.

12.3 Using the site to promote the concept Open Software/Free Software to the commercial world and non-free software developers

12.4 IFHOSP site should be careful on the usage agreements with users and provide them with enough freedom

12.5 Fair to all efforts

12.6 Giving hosts of IFHOSP sites every credit that they deserve

12.7 IFHOSP sites need to focus on maximising productivity

12.8 Anyone wanting to setup an IFHOSP needs to be aware of the responsibility involved

12.9 An IFHOSP should be run in an open fashion and users should be well informed

12.10 An IFHOSP should be have up to date information of the site and employ novel techniques

12.11 The acronym IFHOSP is pointlessly obscure

12.12 Big IFHOSP are bad (e.g. Freshmeat) Small IFHOSP are good.
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12.13 A remedy of the administrator(s) of IFHOSP interfering with the development of project(s) is to provide mirroring or withdrawal paths for users if they want to host their projects elsewhere

12.14 Ability to operate private or semi-private developer groups necessary to avoid "collaboration" with unwanted parties

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