Stirring words from Rob O'Callahan, head of Mozilla's New Zealand office: "We want the internet to be a level playing field, which means no company or organisation should be able to dictate who can use it, how they can use it, who's able to produce content, who can consume it, who's able to create devices and software to consume it." (via O'Reilly Radar)
What openness means
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