[governance] Internet as a commons/ public good

[Mawaki Chango]

Kerry,

My understanding is that we have given up defining the Internet per se (so
we're not going to present this as our definition of the Internet).
Therefore the focus is now on the purpose of this endeavor (which again is
not to define the Internet and which I believe has abundantly been made
clear by Parminder) while avoiding any factual inaccuracy --and maybe those
two things should constitute good enough measure of our acceptance. To that
end, it's meaningful that the statement starts with "We recognise..." and
not "Internet is..."

Were we on the same page and am I just laboring the point?

Mawaki


On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 7:24 PM, Kerry Brown <kerry at kdbsystems.com> wrote:

> I've been watching this discussion develop with interest. I've been quiet
> so far because I wanted to see where it was going before speaking up. I
> think the attempt to define the Internet as anything more than a
> communications medium will be too limiting at some future date. I would
> prefer something very simple like:
>
> "The Internet is a communications medium that allows communications
> between endpoints with all endpoints being equal in their potential to
> communicate with all other endpoints."
>
> This does not limit any future changes to the way the communications
> happen or what is communicated. Trying to include content and purpose may
> at some point limit innovation. Defining the Internet this way doesn't
> exclude us from discussing content, commons vs. public good etc. It just
> ensures that the medium itself is separate from what the medium is used
> for. Both will change over time. If they are linked by definition it may
> stifle innovation.
>
> Kerry Brown
>
>
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