A Private Equity Firm Is Blocked From Buying .Org - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/technology/dot-org-sale.html
Steve Lohr
By Steve Lohr
May 1, 2020
A private equity firm will not gain control of dot-org, the digital real estate that is home to millions of nonprofits, nongovernmental organizations and community groups.
The board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which oversees the internet naming system, decided on Thursday night to veto the sale of the rights to dot-org to Ethos Capital, which had offered more than $1 billion.
Maarten Botterman, the chair of ICANN, wrote in a blog post that after all the considerations were weighed, rejecting Ethos’s proposed bid was “reasonable, and the right thing to do.”
Ever since the planned sale was announced in November, the deal had stirred fierce opposition. Dot-org is best known as the cyber neighborhood to nonprofit organizations with civic missions like the Red Cross (redcross.org), Human Rights Watch (hrw.org) and NPR (npr.org).
To many, handing control of dot-org to a private equity firm seemed almost like heresy. The growing ranks of opponents eventually included internet pioneers, nonprofit leaders and the attorney general of California, Xavier Becerra.
The opponents raised several concerns, including the risk of steep price increases, underinvestment and censorship. Ethos Capital tried to address those worries by pledging to set up a “stewardship council” of outside experts and making “public interest commitments” to restrain price increases and not censor web content.
But critics remained unconvinced. They did not believe that a private-equity firm, driven by the need to deliver rich returns for investors, would act in the best interests of what they regard as the domain of online civic society.
In an interview on Friday, Mr. Botterman said a “convincing majority” of the 15 voting members of the board opposed the Ethos Capital bid. The overarching concern, he said, was the apparent “lack of guarantees that the spirit that was always intended for dot-org” would be preserved if the private equity firm gained control.
The Internet Society saw the sale to Ethos Capital as a way to gain an endowment to fund its operations and get out of the business of operating dot-org, which it wanted to do for some time.
In an interview this week, Andrew Sullivan, chief executive of the Internet Society, said the Ethos Capital bid was one of several proposals it had received — and one that appeared to combine people who had internet experience with the financial resources to help dot-org grow and prosper.
“We viewed it as a good transaction and that would be good for everyone,” Mr. Sullivan said.
If ICANN rejected the Ethos Capital deal, the Internet Society had no immediate backup plan, Mr. Sullivan said, adding that dot-org would be run as before. “We will not neglect dot-org,” he said.
The opposition to the Ethos Capital bid took a number of forms, including an alterative proposal made in January by a group of internet veterans and nonprofit leaders called the Cooperative Corporation of .ORG Registrants. Among the cooperative’s initial seven directors are Esther Dyson, who was the first chair of ICANN, and Mike Roberts, ICANN’s first president. The Internet Society, Mr. Sullivan said in the interview this week, has not yet had talks with the cooperative’s founders.
#Noms_domaine #.org #ICANN #ISOC
]]>Sur notre blog, Pierre Bonis, Directeur général de l’Afnic, rend un bel hommage à Lala Andriamampianina ▻https://www.afnic.fr/fr/ressources/blog/lala-andriamanpianina-nous-a-quittes.html
#Madagascar #Internet #ISOC #Afnic
]]>À propos du rachat de l’association #PIR (Public Interest Registry), qui gère le #TLD .org, quelques articles sur cette vente du TLD « pour les associations » à une entreprise à but lucratif :
▻https://www.lefigaro.fr/secteur/high-tech/que-va-changer-la-vente-de-l-extension-de-nom-de-domaine-org-a-un-fonds-pri (interveiw de Pierre Bonis, directeur de l’AFNIC)
►https://www.numerama.com/tech/572175-org-lun-des-plus-vieux-domaines-du-web-en-danger.html
▻https://www.nextinpact.com/news/108408-public-interest-registry-rachete-par-ethos-capital-craintes-autou
▻https://linuxfr.org/users/gle--2/journaux/une-societe-privee-d-investissement-achete-linuxfr-org-et-debian-org
▻https://www.internetsociety.org/news/press-releases/2019/ethos-capital-to-acquire-public-interest-registry-from-the-internet (en anglais, le communiqué officiel de l’#ISOC, qui possédait PIR et l’a vendu)
►https://domainnamewire.com/2019/11/13/breaking-private-equity-company-acquires-org-registry (en anglais, la meilelure synthèse)
▻https://epic.org/2019/11/org-sold-to-private-equity-fir.html (en anglais, EPIC dénonce cette vente)
▻https://gizmodo.com/private-equity-ghouls-buy-non-profit-that-handles-org-1839860118 (en anglais)
Five #QGIS network analysis toolboxes for #routing and #isochrones | Free and Open Source GIS Ramblings
▻https://anitagraser.com/2019/07/07/five-qgis-network-analysis-toolboxes-for-routing-and-isochrones
Based on local network data
– Default QGIS Processing network analysis tools
– QNEAT3 plugin
Based on web services
– Hqgis plugin (HERE)
– ORS Tools plugin (openrouteservice.org)
– TravelTime platform plugin (TravelTime platform)
#map
]]>Maps reveal how public transit and geography can shape cities
▻https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2019/04/maps-show-how-public-transit-and-geography-shape-cities
#animation #isochrones #cartographie #transports #urban_matter
]]>« Santé : les zones blanches des urgences en France #AFP… »
▻https://twitter.com/afpfr/status/1033944949207777282
Route Times
▻https://cbmapp.shinyapps.io/RouteTimes
Flux (de mobilité) tous modes à Toulouse
▻https://metroligne3toulouse.debatpublic.fr/carte-flux-mobilite-tous-modes-2013-toulouse-metropo
Add isochrones to your next application
▻https://blog.mapbox.com/add-isochrones-to-your-next-application-e9e84a62345f
Today we’re sharing a plugin to generate your own #isochrones, right in your browser. With a starting location and Mapbox access token, the plugin will calculate isochrones up to 60 minutes via driving, cycling, or walking.
▻https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-isochrone
#map
]]>#OpenRouteService #API : A #Leaflet example for #Isochrones
▻http://www.digital-geography.com/openrouteservice-api-a-leaflet-example-for-isochrones
The page OpenRouteService.org is a very easy to use website which provides routing from A to B via C. It also allows to choose between different routing types for trucks, pedestrians or bicycles and isochrone analyses based on time and distance. In this article I would like to show you, how to embed the OpenRouteSevrice API into your very own Leaflet based webmap.
#map
]]>A new kind of map: it’s about time
▻https://blog.mapbox.com/a-new-kind-of-map-its-about-time-7bd9f7916f7f
“In this time map, we preserve the direction of each point, relative to the user. But the visual distance from that center point is determined by the time it takes to get there, whether driving, biking, or on foot.”
]]>Services | Walkalytics
▻http://www.walkalytics.com/en/services
We have developed an area-based approach for computing the paths and reachability for pedestrians, calculated to an accuracy of just a few meters.
We use heterogeneous data sources and can even model desire paths which are not explicitly mapped in the base data. In particular, we do not rely on a consistent routing network. As an initial base map, we use #OpenStreetMap data, but we can complement or replace it with other sources such as Open Government Data (e.g. pedestrian routes) or private data.
Use our #API service to calculate pedestrian time analysis for any point or address. You get the precise walking time for any location up to a 20 minute limit. Additionally, you can calculate footpath estimates for all locations with the area. The accuracy of the analysis area is within five meters.
]]>Galton: instant availability zones
Walking through city streets you might see information stands with maps on them. Your location is usually marked with «You are here» sign, 5-minutes walk circle around it. It is a very usable orientation tool: it helps understanding where you can get in 5 minutes.
►https://medium.com/@Urbica.co/hello-galton-e6e07a7164b7
#isochrone #cartographie #mobilité
#isochrone Driving Maps of the World
▻http://emptypipes.org/2016/03/04/isochrone-driving-map
Plein d’isochrones avec #Leaflet
Code source dispo sur ▻https://github.com/pkerpedjiev/roadway_routing
#map
]]>A serie of short (two pages, once printed) “policy briefs” by #ISOC (the #Internet_Society). Each is about one specific political issue regarding the Internet (network neutrality, IXP, botnets, standardization, etc). Useful if you want to inform friends who are non-technical and who lack time to read books.
]]>Travel time to major cities : A global map of Accessibility (European Commission Joint Research Centre)
►http://forobs.jrc.ec.europa.eu/products/gam
What these data are and what they are not
Accessibility maps are made for a specific purpose and they cannot be used as a generic dataset to represent “the” accessibility for a given study area. The data described and presented here were used to create an urban/rural population gradient around large cities of 50,000 or more people. The assumptions made in the generation of this accessibility map can be found in the description and data sources links on the left. If these assumptions sound reasonable for your requirements then the data are available for download. If, however, the assumptions do not match your requirements then you can use the information in these pages as well as the software and external links to create your own accessibility model.
Que signifie #urbain ? Combien de gens habitent loin d’une #ville ? #accessibilité #transport #recherche
À partir des travaux de Uchida, H. and Nelson, A. #Agglomeration_Index : Towards a New Measure of Urban Concentration. Background paper for the World Bank’s World Development Report 2009.
(vous pouvez me remercier car j’ai passé des heures à rechercher cette #carte et le #dataset)
How far can you travel? Answers in #qgis with OSM route. - Digital Geography
▻http://www.digital-geography.com/how-far-can-you-travel-answers-in-qgis-with-osm-route
OSM route is more or less a possibility to interact with the service behind the domain openrouteservice.org. It lets you use addresses as input for your start- and end-point as well as an address to be on the way.But that’s not all! Additionally to routing you can use the plugin to calculate the reachability of places in a given time period. So called isochrones.
▻https://github.com/Geolicious/OSMroute
]]>#Isochrone #train + walking #maps of #Europe
►http://emptypipes.org/2015/05/20/europe-isochrone-map
Le 2 juin : atelier sur l’Internet solidaire dans le cadre du FGI - France (Forum sur la Gouvernance de l’Internet) ▻https://www.afnic.fr/fr/l-afnic-en-bref/actualites/actualites-generales/9083/show/le-2-juin-atelier-sur-l-internet-solidaire-dans-le-cadre-du-forum-sur-la-gouve
On June 2 2015, participate in an Internet solidarity Workshop during the Internet Governance Forum in France ! ▻https://www.afnic.fr/en/about-afnic/news/general-news/9084/show/june-2-2015-an-inclusive-internet-workshop-during-the-internet-governance-foru
#Afnic #Web #Internet #Digital #Solidarité #gouvernance #ISOC #ISOCfrance #FGI #FGI2015 #IGF
]]>#Isochrone #map of the #Austro-Hungarian empire #railway network in 1912
Nokia Here #map #isochrone #api | Maps for the Web
▻http://www.web-maps.com/gisblog/?p=1765
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