Why I gave the world wide web away for free

My vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting for

The Guardian
I learned the language of computer programming in my 50s – here’s what I discovered

A writer with no technical background recounts his incredible journey into the realm of coding and its lessons about the modern world

The Guardian
Le Premier Serveur Web - Jan van den Berg

Even kneep ik em, hij zou er toch wel staan? Waar zou ie anders moeten staan? We zijn in CERN: Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire (Europese Raad voor Kernonderzoek). Hier staan deeltjesversnellers, en wordt onderzoek gedaan naar anti-materie en het ontstaan van het universum en meer van dat soort dingen. Allemaal interessant, maar voor […]

Jan van den Berg
The First World Wide Web Server

Yep, that’s it. The very first world wide web server, used by Sir Tim Berners-Lee in 1991. Notice the large “DO NOT POWER DOWN!” sticker on the bottom of the machine. Thankfully, …

Mike Paul
#CERN on Sunday celebrated 30th anniversary of releasing #WorldWideWeb into the #publicdomain. Software vendors and EU weren’t interested, so giving it away became the best option.Iin 1989 #TimBerners-Lee proposed that the organization adopt "a global #hypertext system." His first name for the project was "Mesh". On April 30, 1993, CERN signed off on a decision that the World Wide Web – a client, server, and library of code created under its roof – belonged to humanity https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/02/world_wide_web_30th_anniversary/
CERN celebrates 30 years since releasing the web to the public domain

Software vendors and the EU weren’t interested, so giving it away became the best option

The Register
Covid-19 makes it clearer than ever: access to the internet should be a universal right

The internet eased lockdown life for millions. But millions more still can’t get online, and that’s fundamentally unfair, says web inventor Tim Berners-Lee

The Guardian
On ne sauvera pas le Web en dînant avec ses assassins

Le principal inventeur d’Internet, Tim Berners-Lee, est à l’origine d’un «contrat pour le Web» afin de le sauver des dérives qui le menacent. Un texte soutenu par les Gafam, qui en ont méthodiquement tué tous les principes fondateurs.

Guerre di #Rete - una newsletter di notizie #cyber
a cura di #CarolaFrediani
Numero 26 - ​17 marzo 2019

Di cosa si parla oggi:
- #TimBerners-Lee sul futuro del #web
- il dibattito sull’uso delle #foto per l’#AI
- #social media, #giornali e la strage in #NuovaZelanda
- #Facebook e la #Francia
- AI, #fake news ed hate speech
- un candidato presidente #hacker
- e altro

https://tinyletter.com/carolafrediani/letters/guerre-di-rete-newsletter-le-nostre-foto-e-la-loro-ai-social-media-e-stragi-facebook-e-la-francia-e-altro

[Guerre di Rete - newsletter] Le nostre foto e la loro AI; social media e stragi; Facebook e la Francia e altro

= Guerre di Rete - una newsletter di notizie cyber =

Lontano da #Facebook, #Twitter, #Amazon e #Google c'è una rete che somiglia molto di più a quella sognata da #TimBerners-Lee e dal #cyberpunk.

“Puoi rendere il tuo giardino recintato bello quanto vuoi, ma alla fine la giungla di fuori sarà sempre molto più affascinante.”

https://motherboard.vice.com/it/article/59qnbb/viaggio-nell-internet-decentralizzata-cryptospazio-beaker-scuttlebutt

Ho trascorso una settimana nell’internet decentralizzata

E ho visto cosa ci riserverebbe un futuro lontano da Facebook, Amazon e Google.

"Shortly after the 2016 election, Tim Berners-Lee felt something had to change, and began methodically attempting to hack his creation." https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/07/the-man-who-created-the-world-wide-web-has-some-regrets #decentralizetheweb #solid #timberners-lee
“I Was Devastated”: Tim Berners-Lee, the Man Who Created the World Wide Web, Has Some Regrets

Berners-Lee has seen his creation debased by everything from fake news to mass surveillance. But he’s got a plan to fix it.

Vanity Fair