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To: lbryce

There is no need for any new laws.

Anyone can put up a webserver in their home on a commodity PC, and host multiple websites on it, but purchasing static IP address internet service.

Their internet provider is just providing a network connection.

They have nothing to do with what goes over the wire and really don’t care about it and should not care.

The price of the connection service is based on how fast the connection is; faster costs more.

That’s already “open”.

And it’s reasonable in that more network traffic in general requires more hardware spending on the providers network to handle their overall network load.

No improvements are needed for the law or regulation.

The wording of this document is classic gibberish that leaves things WIDE OPEN for abuse down the road.

WHO WILL DETERMINE WHAT IS OPENNESS AT THE FCC A FEW YEARS FROM NOW ?

It’s not stated - it’s a wide “open” authorization for the FCC to regulate according to their whim.

“Your website talks about Bibles, which is not “open”, your IP address is hereby shut off to network traffic on port 80, so your website is now shut down”.

“The software you sell on your website is not “open”, so your website is now shut off”. Of course, the software you were selling was just a little too competitive against the wrong organization or business.

The FSF wants all software to ship with source code included, thus eliminating the idea of a software startup business. They’re fine with a SERVICE business, just not a PRODUCT business. You’re supposed to create great software because you like to do that, then turn over your work product to “the world”.


10 posted on 05/15/2014 6:53:55 PM PDT by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves)
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To: PieterCasparzen
You’re supposed to create great software because you like to do that, then turn over your work product to “the world”.

This policy is just around the corner for the USA in the field of HEALTH also. "No one should be earning a profit on the illnesses of others."

/sarc
25 posted on 05/16/2014 6:49:23 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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