[Chapter-delegates] ISOC open letter

[Richard Hill]

Dear Christian,

Thank you for this.

Please see embedded comments below.

Best,
Richard

> -----Original Message-----
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> bounces at elists.isoc.org] On Behalf Of Christian de Larrinaga via
> Chapter-delegates
> Sent: Thursday, 20 May 2021 17:19
> To: Andrew Sullivan
> Cc: chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org
> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] ISOC open letter
> 
> 
> Rather than toss the semantics of layering or not to layer, into a
> melee of confusions.
> 
> Let's just agree that we are here because we want an open global
> permissionless network of networks. 

Yes, but with the understanding that offline law applies equally online. For
example, we want consumer protection laws and antitrust laws to apply.

>So we can invent, deploy and
> chat end to end under as much of our own rules and initiatives as
> we please without being mediated, disintermediated, or interred in
> a globular soup of bureaucratic haze.

Not really. As noted above, offline law applies equally online, despite
Barlow's impassioned plea which might be understood to suggest the contrary.

Of course some offline law may not make sense anymore and should be changed.
But that's a different matter.

> 
> ?
> 
> On that note I wonder if Veni and Richard feel their question(s)
> has been answered?

No, it still is not clear to me what bits of the proposed Canadian law are
inconsistent with what bits of the Internet Way of Networking.

SNIP