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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/wsis.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/wsis.html index a273f89..9c75b0e 100644 --- a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/wsis.html +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/wsis.html @@ -1,22 +1,24 @@ <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> -<!-- Parent-Version: 1.77 --> - +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.96 --> +<!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html --> +<!--#set var="TAGS" value="essays cultural society" --> +<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" --> <title>World Summit on the Information Society - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> - <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/wsis.translist" --> <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> - +<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/ph-breadcrumb.html" --> +<!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE--> +<!--#include virtual="/server/top-addendum.html" --> +<div class="article reduced-width"> <h2>World Summit on the Information Society</h2> -<p>by <a href="http://www.stallman.org/"><strong>Richard Stallman</strong></a></p> - -<p><em>(Originally published on Newsforge.)</em></p> +<address class="byline">by <a href="https://www.stallman.org/">Richard +Stallman</a></address> -<blockquote> +<div class="introduction"> <p>At <abbr title="World Summit on the Information Society">WSIS</abbr>, -in a climate of suppression of dissent, the score is 0-0<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 30%">-- Richard Stallman</span></p> -</blockquote> +in a climate of suppression of dissent, the score is 0-0.</p> +</div> <p>The World Summit on the Information Society is supposed to formulate plans to end the “digital divide” and make the @@ -38,14 +40,14 @@ with the internet, it responds to demands made by various governments to impose restrictions on citizens of cyberspace.</p> <p>Part of the digital divide comes from artificial obstacles to the -sharing of information. This includes the licenses of non-free +sharing of information. This includes the licenses of nonfree software, and harmfully restrictive copyright laws. The Brazilian declaration sought measures to promote free software, but the US delegation was firmly against it (remember that the Bush campaign got money from Microsoft). The outcome was a sort of draw, with the final declaration presenting free software, open source, and proprietary software as equally legitimate. The US also insisted on praising -so-called “intellectual property rights”. (That biased +so-called “intellectual property rights.” (That biased term <a href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#IntellectualProperty"> promotes simplistic over-generalization</a>; for the sake of clear thinking about the issues of copyright law, and about the very @@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ spoke.</p> <p>Suppression was also visible in the exclusion of certain NGOs from the summit because their focus on human rights might embarrass the governments that trample them. For instance, the -summit <a href="http://www.hrichina.org/en/content/2301"> +summit <a href="https://www.hrichina.org/en/content/2301"> refused to accredit Human Rights In China</a>, a group that criticizes the Chinese government for (among other things) censorship of the internet.</p> @@ -114,10 +116,15 @@ Microsoft to speak alongside, and before, most of the various participating governments—as if to accord that criminal corporation the standing of a state.</p> -</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above --> +<div class="infobox extra" role="complementary"> +<hr /> +<p>Originally published on <cite>NewsForge</cite>.</p> +</div> +</div> +</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above --> <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" --> -<div id="footer"> +<div id="footer" role="contentinfo"> <div class="unprintable"> <p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to @@ -135,30 +142,47 @@ to <a href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org"><webmasters@gnu.org></a>.</p> to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org"> <web-translators@gnu.org></a>.</p> - <p>For information on coordinating and submitting translations of + <p>For information on coordinating and contributing translations of our web pages, see <a href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations README</a>. --> Please see the <a href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations -README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations +README</a> for information on coordinating and contributing translations of this article.</p> </div> -<p>Copyright © 2003 Richard M. 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