[governance] Revised version of statement on themes for Nairobi

[Jeremy Malcolm]

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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Jeremy Malcolm
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