[WSIS CS-Plenary] UN Official Document System is online

[Georg C. F. Greve]

 || On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 14:03:01 +0100
 || Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette at wz-berlin.de> wrote: 

 jh> First, it was clear from the outset that not all vital interests
 jh> could be represented directly in a group with limited membership.

That may be so.

But if thematic areas are not represented and were indeed excluded at
the onset of the working group, they should not be discussed.


 jh> Second, most of the CS members do sympathise with the free
 jh> software movement

I understand there is a lot of sympathy. Sympathy may not be the
all-deciding element in political decisions, though.


 jh> Third, another group which, to quote you, fundamentally affects
 jh> the shape of the Internet - the IETF, which is responsible among
 jh> other things for TCP/IP and the DNS -, is represented in WGIG,
 jh> the IETF.

The IETF is a good example of a group that is quite problematic and
well-known for its industry-controlled approach at the PCT issues. I
recommend reading up on the "RAND" licensing discussions.

Regards,
Georg

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Georg C. F. Greve                                 <greve at fsfeurope.org>
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