@techreport{nottingham-avoiding-internet-centralization-02, number = {draft-nottingham-avoiding-internet-centralization-02}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-nottingham-avoiding-internet-centralization-02}, author = {Mark Nottingham}, title = {{Centralization and Internet Standards}}, pagetotal = 21, year = 2022, month = feb, day = 9, abstract = {Despite being designed and operated as a decentralized network-of- networks, the Internet is continuously subjected to forces that encourage centralization. This document offers a definition of centralization, explains why it is undesirable, identifies different types of centralization, catalogues limitations of common approaches to controlling it, and explores what Internet standards efforts can do to address it.}, }