Hi Toerless, At 08:38 AM 30-10-2017, Toerless Eckert wrote:
I thought the Internet translation of "comply with all local laws and regulations" was "offer services from a foreign country". As funny but true as it was in hmm... 1995 ? when i think i first heard it, it is still the most fundamental opportunity and challenge of the Internet. And i do not see a good reflection of that in the mission statement.
There was a message from Jordi about the Catalonia affair [1]. Is that part of ISOC's mission?
Overall: I do not think the mission statement as it stands right now (and has in the past) is very useful. Nobody who is not deeply involved in ISOC overall would be able to translate all these bullet points into actual facts of interest. I can maybe translate half way 3..5 bullet points but i would still prefer hard facts over uninspiring headlines that by themselves read only like marketing.
The draft statement has been reviewed by the "IETF leadership". According to the above, it sounds like marketing.
Also: ISOC is not only the Internet (surprise). I am totally missing a statement about supporting proliferation of open technologies, development, operations and management practices of the Internet to infinity and beyond. Is that not what IoT will be all about ? That is not going to be the Internet. That is going to be many internets totalling much more than the Internet will ever be.
According to a paper from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, the "Internet of Things has integrated digital services into physical goods".
Regards, S. Moonesamy 1. https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg105124.html