<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Dear all</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>In my opinion only the users should be the owners, although nothing would prevent the workers from being users. For me it is the same as when you pay for whichever service you need> dentist, shoe repair, etc. you pay for a service but the technician doesnt have access to "possession" of your teeth, or shoes...Another point of view would be if the workers, apart from connecting both computers and maintaining the connection were to involve themselves in your communications.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent;
font-style: normal;"><span>And, of course, what does "own" mean?</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>It should be an owning which is open to opinions of all participants as it would be wider and richer.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Bless you all Carmen</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">De:</span></b> Patrick Anderson
<agnucius@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Para:</span></b> P2P Foundation mailing list <p2p-foundation@lists.ourproject.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Enviado:</span></b> Mi�rcoles 16 de enero de 2013 17:28<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Asunto:</span></b> [P2P-F] Who Should Own and Control the Network?<br> </font> </div> <br>Some say the Workers should be the owners and some say the Consumers<br>should be the owners and some say it should be a mixture of both.<br><br><br>Imagine you are not connected to the internet, but want a wired<br>connection between your computer and your neighbor's computer.<br><br>Imagine you hire someone to do that work and continue to hire them to<br>maintain that connection.<br><br>Should that worker have some ownership in that very small network?<br>Why or why not?<br><br><br>Now imagine you and your neighbor connect to other people, and they to<br>others and so-on
until there are thousands and millions and even<br>billions of connections.<br><br>Should the workers that install and maintain those connections have<br>some ownership in that very large network? Why or why not?<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>P2P Foundation - Mailing list<br><a href="http://www.p2pfoundation.net/" target="_blank">http://www.p2pfoundation.net</a><br><a href="https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation" target="_blank">https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation</a><br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>