[Chapter-delegates] Has ISOC signed the Declaration of Internet Freedom?

[Veni Markovski]

I don't really feel comfortable with the text - the way it is written, 
it assumes there are no transparent and participatory processes in 
today's Internet policy making. But there are, and we know of several 
organizations, where everyone can be part of the process, where 
everything is transparent. Just think RFC, for example;-)
If I were editing it, I would have put one "the" in front of 
"transparent" - that would have changed the meaning of the sentence. I 
am sure others may disagree with me, but as I said - I am not 
comfortable with text, which to the non-native English speaker sounds 
strange.

v.


On 07/04/2012 06:49, khaled koubaa wrote:
> Veni
> Can you give us more explanantion why you feel not so confortable with
> the declaration ?
> Khaled
>
> 2012/7/4 Veni Markovski <veni at veni.com>:
>> Hopefully we'll hear from them.
>> But the declaration as it is, I am not comfortable with it enough to sign it
>> personally.
>>
>> Declaration
>>
>> We stand for a free and open Internet.
>>
>> We support transparent and participatory processes for making Internet
>> policy and the establishment of five basic principles:
>>
>>      Expression: Don't censor the Internet.
>>      Access: Promote universal access to fast and affordable networks.
>>      Openness: Keep the Internet an open network where everyone is free
>> to
>> connect, communicate, write, read, watch, speak, listen, learn, create
>> and
>> innovate.
>>      Innovation: Protect the freedom to innovate and create without
>> permission. Don’t block new technologies, and don’t punish innovators
>> for
>> their users' actions.
>>      Privacy: Protect privacy and defend everyone’s ability to control
>> how
>> their data and devices are used.
>>
>> http://www.internetdeclaration.org/freedom (via shareaholic)
>>
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>> --
>> Best,
>> Veni
>>
>> == Sent from my phone, so any spelling mistakes are caused by the
>> touchscreen keyboard. That's a nice excuse, isn't it;-)


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