On 7 June 2014 06:21, John Baxter <[email protected]> wrote: > Interested to hear what others made of this provocative article. > > Maybe these ideas aren't new to you but they were to me (and yet seem > compellingly obvious) > > http://aralbalkan.com/notes/how-web-2-0-killed-the-internet/ > > tl;dr: > Open APIs (and other 'open/free' trends) haven't really opened anything at > all, they've been a clever ploy to build closed, privately owned silos - > undermining openness ('killing the internet') >
Very interesting. This is something we strongly emphasized quite early on, e.g. in this post from 2006 entitled "Open APIs Don’t Equal Open Knowledge": http://blog.okfn.org/2006/09/04/open-apis-dont-equal-open-knowledge/ "Open" APIs really mean nothing - though its a great marketing term. Rufus To me the most interesting questions it raises are about governance of tech > startups / the internet. > > (*Disclaimer: Sorry if a repost, I searched but couldn't find*) > > *John Baxter* > jsbaxter.com.au <http://www.jsbaxter.com.au> > 0405 447 829 > @jsbaxter_ > ᐧ > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss > > -- *Rufus PollockFounder and President | skype: rufuspollock | @rufuspollock <https://twitter.com/rufuspollock>Open Knowledge <http://okfn.org/> - see how data can change the world**http://okfn.org/ <http://okfn.org/> | @okfn <http://twitter.com/OKFN> | Open Knowledge on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/OKFNetwork> | Blog <http://blog.okfn.org/>* The Open Knowledge Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation. It is incorporated in England & Wales as a company limited by guarantee, with company number 05133759. VAT Registration № GB 984404989. Registered office address: Open Knowledge Foundation, St John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS, UK.
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