[governance] Internet as a commons/ public good; was, Conflicts in Internet Governance

[Norbert Bollow]

McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:

> All,
> 
> For ~3 decades the Internet has been define as a "network of
> networks".
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet
> 
> We seem to be defining it by its epiphenomenal effects rather than by
> its its core definition.
> Is that what we want to do?

In view of the WGIG definition of Internet Governance including the
epiphenomenal aspects, and their increasing importance, I think that
is important to also create a good working definition of "Internet"
itself that includes the epiphenomenal aspects.

But the "network of networks" aspect is of course still very important
today, and it is so far missing in the definition proposals that we
have.

I'd like to hereby request addition of this aspect to our definition
drafts. (At the current stage I think that it might be best to update
both Parminder's draft and Nnenna's draft in parallel.)

Greetings,
Norbert

**
Glossary
WGIG=Working Group on Internet Governance, a multistakeholder working
group that was active between the 2003 and 2005 World Summit on
Information Society (WSIS) events.

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