RE: [ga] Death Struggle in Name Space

[Roeland Meyer <rmeyer@mhsc.com>]

> From: Dave Crocker [mailto:dhc2@dcrocker.net]
> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 8:16 AM
> 
> At 11:04 PM 4/14/2001, Dassa wrote:
> >The Internet name space was created as a cooperative effort and is
> >based in the legacy root zone system.  You and other have 
> opted out of
> >that cooperative name space and created your own name 
> spaces.  Now you
> >are attempting to dictate to the original name space what may be
> >included.  I feel you do not have a leg to stand on.
> 
> This is one of the best -- and most concise -- summaries I 
> have seen about the independent efforts.

It is so concise that it is incomplete. It fails to note that the
cooperation ended when NSF prevented addition of new TLDs. The original
cooperation understanding always allowed for the addition of new TLDs. In
fact, the IANA stated "100 per yer" a few times.
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