As quoted in Tim May's CyberPunk faq
https://www.cypherpunks.to/faq/cyphernomicron/chapter9.html

 9.4.1. Peter Denning on crypto policy:
  + provided by Pat Farrell, 1994-08-20; Denning comments are
     1992-01-22, presented at Computers, Freedom, and Privacy 2.
     Peter D. uses the metaphor of a "clearing,"as in a forest,
     for the place where people meet to trade, interact, etc.
     What others call markets, agoras, or just "cyberspace."
    - "Information technology in producing a clearing in which
       individuals and corporations are key players besides
       government. Any attempt by government to control the flow
       of information over networks will be ignored or met with
       outright hostility.  There is no practical way that
       government can control information except information
       directly involved in the business of governing.  It
       should not try." [Peter Denning, PUBLIC POLICY FOR THE
       21ST CENTURY, DRAFT 1/22/92]