[Wikimedia-l] is wikipedia zero illegal because it violates net neutrality?

Katie Chan ktc at ktchan.info
Mon Aug 26 17:21:59 UTC 2013


On 26/08/2013 18:14, Martijn Hoekstra wrote:
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> I do think there is some merit in the net neutrality argument, at least
> sufficiently so to be open to discussion on whether or not offering
> Wikipedia Zero is a good thing. It comes down to the question if we believe
> that having a walled garden variety of internet consisting only of
> Wikipedia for free, and with that undermining the market position for a
> paid, open internet is a net positive. I'm inclined to say it is, but the
> opposite position, though counter-intuitive, is pretty defensible.
>
> -Martijn
>

Wikipedia Zero seeks to increase (free) access to one of our project. If 
we don't think that's a good idea, what the heck are we doing running 
the project in the first place?

KTC

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