From @whyrusleeping on Tue Apr 07 2015 16:23:06 GMT+0000 (UTC)
ipfs provides no guarantees about data availability or redundancy. Data added to ipfs is self hosted until another interested party decides to request it from you and rehost.
Copied from original issue: Once I add something to IPFS, will it remain available to others once I turn off my computer? 路 Issue #8 路 ipfs-inactive/faq 路 GitHub