As far as standards and protocols are concerned, the story of the Internet is one of free software. But its popularity and potential make big firms jealous. They would like to claim control of it by establishing closed code in locked systems that are not interoperable. To keep the Internet faithful to the founding principles which led to its success, it is important that there should be free apps on the Internet, that is to say, apps with opensource codes, accessible under free license.
Se si guarda agli standard e ai protocolli di internet, la loro storia è contrassegnata dal software libero. Ma la sua popolarità e il suo potenziale rendono gelose le grandi aziende. A costoro piacerebbe avocare a sé il controllo di internet tramite codici chiusi, sistemi protetti e non interoperabili. siano app gratuite su Internet, vale a dire app con codici opensource, accessibili con licenza libera.