<div dir="ltr"><trimming cc list, as we have already had this flame-war on the governance list><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 6:26 AM, Guru गुरु <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Guru@itforchange.net" target="_blank">Guru@itforchange.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Dear all,<br>
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Not clear, how in Multistakeholderism, where the private sector has
an equal footing in public policy making, we will get Google to
agree that its search algorithm, as the key factor organising the
worlds information/knowledge for all of us, needs to be public
knowledge</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I believe the assumptions underlying this argument are faulty.</div><div><br></div><div>Google is just ONE way to search, it is not the ONLY way. </div><div>
<br></div><div>In addition, it is not clear that MSism would extend to such issues as gov'ts are not about to give up sovereignty over such "regulation". I understand you would like an int'l treaty on such issues, but expecting gov'ts to give up authority on this kind of thing is, I think, unrealistic. </div>
<div><br></div><div>If this standard were to be consistently carried out not just across search engines, but across ALL sectors, then there could never be "commercial secrets" in any industry or even as Suresh points out downthread, in CS either.<br>
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, not a commercial secret. The need</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This is a WANT, not a NEED. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> for it to be public
knowledge stems from privacy/surveillance concerns, because such
fundamental knowledge ought to be available as 'cultural commons'
that others can take/re-use/revise, fostering competition etc.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>By that Standard ALL software/algorithms MUST be FOSS. Is that your position? </div><div><br></div>
<div>rgds,</div><div><br></div><div>McTim</div><div> </div></div></div></div>