[governance] Revised version of statement on themes for Nairobi

[Norbert Bollow]

Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org> wrote:
> I'm not inclined to modify the statement on which the consensus call
> has been made

Hm... I think this means that as far as I'm concerned, we fail to have
consensus.

In my view, the need for open standards which must be adequate not
only to prevent perpetuate of past monopolies but also prevent the
formation of new monopolies is an absolutely essential aspect
of what the term "open Internet" should be understood to mean.

I apologize, I mean I'm really sorry, that I did not participate
as immediately actively in the drafting of this statement as I
now wish I had. But please note that I first made the request
for the inclusion of a mention of the aspect of open standards
several days before the consensus call was issued, and that the
whole point of a consensus call is to give everyone the opportunity
to review a draft statement and speak out if, from any one the
verious perspectives represented here, there's something seriously
wrong with the draft statement. From my perspective, this is the
case. The statement "An open Internet is one that supports
development, promotes Access to Knowledge, and resists perpetuating
the power of old media and telecommunications empires on the new
network." is in my opinion so one-sided that it is actually seriously
wrong, unless it is complemented with an additional sentence like
the one that I'm proposing.

When new media and telecommunication empires (think e.g. of facebook
and twitter) become monopolies through lack of adequate standardization,
that is in no way better than the perpetuation of the power of old
media and telecommunication empires.

Greetings,
Norbert

> On 30/01/2011, at 4:12 PM, Norbert Bollow wrote:
> 
> >> 1. Open Internet - Network Neutrality on Wired and Mobile Networks
> >> Open Internet (or Network Neutrality) describes an ideal in which
> >> the openness of the Internet to the broadest possible range of
> >> commercial and non-commercial content, applications and services is
> >> maintained.  An open Internet is one that supports development,
> >> promotes Access to Knowledge, and resists perpetuating the power of
> >> old media and telecommunications empires on the new network.
> > 
> > Please add something like
> > 
> > "An open internet is based on open standards in such a way that it
> > also resists the creation of any new monopolies in the area of
> > information and communication technologies."
> 
> Once the consensus call is in progress, I can normally only accept
> minor and uncontroversial changes to the text.  Although I agree
> with this addition as a normative statement, it is not usually part
> of the definition of open Internet or network neutrality.  If the
> theme is accepted for Nairobi then we should be sure to make open
> standards a part of it, but at this stage I'm not inclined to modify
> the statement on which the consensus call has been made.

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