[governance] Maybe a snap shot of this IG debate?

[Joe Baptista]

Garth - you get the cookie today.  Well done.

On Sun, 23 Oct 2005, Garth Graham wrote:

> ·  I am puzzled by the avoidance of  an argument  on what is
> essential about TCP/IP that makes the “Internet” (not and object or
> organization, but rules for a non-zero sum game) ungovernable in any
> conventional sense of the word.  If, as I believe, it’s THE point,
> the fact of its being ignored is all the more reason to find a way to
> restate it  …maybe remind that the primary protocol  remains – rough
> consensus and run code?

Well done Garth.  Yes in fact for all the years the WSIS has been at it
the rules applicable to the protocol have basically been ignored.  The
WSIS has spent a great deal of it's time attempting to impose control on a
process which is not within anyone control.

TCP/IP makes it impossible for any group to impose control on the
Internet.  But it's going to take these poor lost souls some time to
understand that.  May I suggest you might find the following interesting
reading.

http://www.nma.com/papers/InternetParadigm.pdf

cheers
joe baptista

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