One Planet, One Net: Principles for the Internet Era

In the late 90's, after the first couple years of commercial Internet, I and my colleagues at Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility were deeply concerned about the complete lack of general social principles were established for what the Internet means to mankind. So we took a shot at it. It didn't have much of an impact, but I'm still proud of the work we did.

The basic One Planet, One Net manifesto

One Planet, One Net, Many Voices: The Story Behind CPSR's Principles for the Internet Era. An explanatory article from the CPSR newsletter explaining what the principles mean.

Whose net is it anyway? Whose net is it anyway? An explanation of the principles for a general technical audience, published in CACM, April 1998.

The One Planet, One Net principles were published as an Internet Draft (standards-related) document, in the hopes of getting the Internet community enthused about them. It didn't work.

	The basic One Planet, One Net manifesto
	One Planet, One Net, Many Voices: The Story Behind CPSR's Principles for the Internet Era. An explanatory article from the CPSR newsletter explaining what the principles mean.
	Whose net is it anyway? Whose net is it anyway? An explanation of the principles for a general technical audience, published in CACM, April 1998.
	The One Planet, One Net principles were published as an Internet Draft (standards-related) document, in the hopes of getting the Internet community enthused about them. It didn't work.