- NEA (Internet)
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NEA, in the context of the Internet and computing, is an acronym which stands for the maxim:
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- No one owns it.
- Everyone can use it.
- Anyone can improve it.
The maxim originated with the authors Doc Searls and David Weinberger in an essay of 2003 entitled World of Ends. What the Internet Is and How to Stop Mistaking It for Something Else
It was designed originally to explain the nature of the Internet itself; that it cannot be owned by any individual corporation because it is an agreement not a thing, that potentially everyone on earth can have access to it, and that anyone can potentially start a new service or even improve the nature of the agreement with a new good idea.
The concept is especially true on the scale of the products of Open source collaboration such as the Linux operating system, the Firefox web browser or the Wikipedia online encyclopedia.
External links
- World of Ends. What the Internet Is and How to Stop Mistaking It for Something Else Doc Searls and David Weinberger - 3 October 2003
- Ten Ideas about Ideas Linux Journal Doc Searls blog on Sat, 2006-11-04
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