[Ccwg-auctionproceeds] For your review - updated version open internet definition / description

Daniel Dardailler danield at w3.org
Wed Sep 6 12:43:51 UTC 2017


Hello Sylvia, all

I like the new definition, but I want to come back to the part that 
refers to "equally accessible to all people for _all purposes_".

By that core principle, any society where even a few things are 
forbidden to promote (online or else, produce or relay), such as 
negationism (the idea that the holocaust didn't happen), terrorism 
recruitment, etc., would be consider out of the Open Internet.

And more common illegal purposes abound: copying/serving files without 
rights, fake news, diffamation, etc., and I'm not sure we want to 
reserve the term Open Internet for an ideal world where everybody is 
good except for the censors.

Either we have to qualify the "purposes", e.g. "all law-abiding 
purposes", and shift the responsibility of openness on those making 
laws, or we need to contextualize "equal access" to transport level 
neutrality, not looking at content.


On 2017-09-06 03:00, Sylvia Cadena wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I have checked the document that Marika shared with comments from many
> of us and incorporated the last ones made on this thread. I hope the
> attached document serves to structure a preamble (as Erika suggested)
> in a way that reflects the spirit of the CCWG discussions, and our
> intent for the auction proceeds funds to make a difference.
> 
> Warm regards,
> 
> Sylvia
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> FROM: <ccwg-auctionproceeds-bounces at icann.org> on behalf of Judith
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> DATE: Tuesday, 5 September 2017 at 2:17 pm
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> SUBJECT: Re: [Ccwg-auctionproceeds] For your review - updated version
> open internet definition / description
> 
> HI Erika and others,
> 
> I like Daniel's summary of Open Internet but we need to also address
> the issue of accessibility. If you recall Elliott suggested the
> following
> 
> An Internet that is equally accessible to all people for all purposes,
> and at every level of the stack. At the lower end of the stack, that
> means no impediments are placed based on the sender, recipient,
> content, application or type of  data being transmitted.
> 
> If we could add the concept of accessibility to your definition I
> think that would greatly help
> 
> I also like Sylvia Cadena's text and hope we can figure out a way to
> add this to our definition.
> 
> That means no impediments are placed based on the sender, recipient,
> content, application or type of data being transmitted.


> 
> That means policy and regulation promote, support, facilitate and
> guarantee access
> 
> That means equality of access at a pragmatic level is ensured by
> assuring access at prices affordable to all members of society
> 
> That means training is available about how to manage, operate and how
> to use the Internet, as well as education in how to use it effectively
> 
> 
> That means participation on an equal footing at all levels is
> encouraged, specially by those that might be discriminated against
> 
> Best,
> Judith
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> On 9/4/2017 7:04 AM, Daniel Dardailler wrote:
> 
>> How about this for a start.
>> 
>> ===
>> 
>> The concept of “Open Internet”, as referred to in the CCWG
>> objectives statement, can be described at many levels, e.g.
>> technogical, business, political, etc, and in particular, at the
>> societal level:
>> 
>> An Open Internet is one where all people are empowered to
>> contribute and to participate in building a worldwide culture that
>> opens our hearts and minds by respecting differences. It is an
>> Internet (i.e. a network of networks) that we, the people of the
>> world, recognize as ours  — something we have built together for
>> one another
>> 
>> At the technogical level, openness refers to how easily machines can
>> connect to each others and how stable, scalable, and secure the
>> network is. The IP routing and numbering systems, the DNS, or the
>> Open Standard process, have historically been serving an Open
>> Internet because of the opportunities they have provided to
>> participate, innovate and compete without artificial impediments
>> (e.g. patents, walled-garden).
>> 
>> At the policy level, supporting the Open Internet happens when for
>> instance governments put in place regulations that promote, support,
>> facilitate and guarantee equal connectivity at prices affordable to
>> all members of society, together with education and training efforts
>> toward making the next generation more Internet savvy.
>> 
>> In an ideal world, an Open Internet is one where no control or
>> impediments are placed based on the sender, recipient, content,
>> application or type of data being transmitted.
>> 
>> From that broad description, the CCWG has considered the parts of
>> the Open Internet that:
>> - are aligned with the overall ICANN's mission and core
>> commitments
>> - are in need of funding for more development support
>> - are creating value-added for the Open Internet at large
>> - are consensual enough so that they do not endanger the ICANN
>> community
>> 
>> ...
>> <and here we need to apply our CCWG "filter" regarding layering,
>> shared value, political issues, etc>
>> 
>> On 2017-08-31 22:44, Marika Konings wrote:
>> 
>>> Dear All,
>>> 
>>> Hereby attached the updated version of the open internet
>>> definition /
>>> description which incorporates the comments and suggestions that
>>> were
>>> submitted since the last version. As there are a number of
>>> definitions
>>> / descriptions that have been put forward so far, are there any
>>> volunteers who would like to take a stab at coming up with a draft
>>> 
>>> that brings the different perspectives together and addresses the
>>> different comments and contributions to date which the CCWG could
>>> review during its next meeting?
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> 
>>> Marika
>>> 
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