Linode vs. DigitalOcean – performance benchmarks

Re:Linode vs. DigitalOcean – performance benchmarks by armored_mammal on Tuesday February 12, 2013 @11:17AM (#5207693)

From DigitalOcean's TOS: "You agree that you will NOT use DigitalOcean's services to: violate any applicable state and federal law and regulation, including, but not limited to, any copyright, trademark, patent, anti-piracy, or other intellectual property law or regulation, or encourage or enable others to violate any such law or regulation. Transmit, distribute, post, store, link, or otherwise traffic in information, software, or materials that is offensive, abusive, inappropriate, malicious, or detrimental, including, but not limited to, those that: Are obscene, fraudulent, or discriminatory, including any containing profanity, or obscenities. DigitalOcean permits adult websites that abide by state and federal law and regulation. ..."

I think it's funny how they can go from barring any information "offensive, abusive, inappropriate, malicious, or detrimental, including, but not limited to, those that: Are obscene, fraudulent, or discriminatory, including any containing profanity, or obscenities" to specifically permitting "adult websites that abide by state and federal law and regulation."

In any case good, luck keeping your blog, blog, comments, or whatever else you host with them clear of all profanity all of you who decide to try their services, because you've just walked into a convenient TOS violation. Damn! (Oops. TOS violation. Goodbye HN. Ha ha.)

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Re:Linode vs. DigitalOcean – performance benchmarks by beigeotter on Tuesday February 12, 2013 @11:35AM (#5207807)

Thank you for raising this issue. We try to make our terms of service as fair as possible—we are not looking to censor any information or content on our customers' droplets.

As you have raised this issue, to make the situation clearer, the phrase referring to obscenity and profanity has been removed from our terms of service.

Thanks,

Etel

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Re:Linode vs. DigitalOcean – performance benchmarks by aflott on Tuesday February 12, 2013 @12:16PM (#5208054)

I recently signed up with Digital Ocean and I'm now happier I did due to responses like this.

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Re:Linode vs. DigitalOcean – performance benchmarks by bitcartel on Tuesday February 12, 2013 @12:11PM (#5208021)

Good spot. Also if you Google you can find the exact same TOS on other sites. It's just generic boiler-plate.

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Re:Linode vs. DigitalOcean – performance benchmarks by armored_mammal on Tuesday February 12, 2013 @12:23PM (#5208095)

Yeah, I'm sure it's not anything unusual. Probably I'd have not even paid attention except that their TOS was short enough to breeze through to begin with.

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