[ga] Joining the Other Lists

["Alternate Chair" <patrick@quad.net.au>]

Dear Jeff

I would really suggest that you post to the new lists otherwise you risk
being penalised for exceeding the five posts per day limit on a single list.

Fair warning?

I can subscribe you if you are having any difficulty.

Regards
Alternate Chair

Duh !!  Why did I do that?


----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>
To: <ga@dnso.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 1:41 AM
Subject: Re: [ga] root vs roots - the false but usefull confusion


> Darryl and all assembly members,
>
> Dassa wrote:
>
> > |> -----Original Message-----
> > |> From: owner-ga-full@dnso.org On Behalf Of Jefsey Morfin
> > |> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 9:15 PM
> > |> To: ga@dnso.org
> > |> Subject: [ga] root vs roots - the false but usefull confusion
> >
> > <snip>
> > |> It is not the root of the iCANN: the iCANN has deliberately
> > |> chosen to have its mini-root (authoritative on its TLDs] being only a
> > part of
> > |> the full and unique root.
> > |>
> > As ICANN has the major share of the name space the above is a little
> > misleading.
> >
> > There has been a bit of discussion on ICANN using US law to control
other
> > roots, mainly in the form of making it illegal for ISP's in the US to
use
> > them.  This has been touted as not being possible.
> >
> > Has anyone given any thought to other legal means ICANN has at its
> > disposal?  I would think that ICANN would be able to swing contractual
> > arrangements to control access to the legacy root.  Whereby anyone who
uses
> > the legacy root is under a contractual obligation to acknowledge it as
the
> > authoritive unique root and to not use the legacy root simultaneously
with
> > another root.  They could also knobble the other roots use of the legacy
> > root in the same manner.  Unless there is a contact authorising access
to
> > the legacy root, access is unauthorised and illegal.
>
>   This is one method that has potential to be sure.  However such a
proposed
> contract or set of contracts would need to be very careful to not get
crosswise
>
> with other federal statutes dealing with free market enterprise issues.  I
> won't
> list them individually here, but there are a number of them...
>
> >
> >
> > ISP's would be free to use any root they choose, but to use the legacy
root
> > they would be obligated to only use it.
> >
> > To me, this would allow ICANN to give the legacy root the authority that
> > people are saying it lacks.
>
>   I am glad you now recognize that there is no such thing as the "ICANN
> Roots" as you have used that description for the USG Legacy Roots
> in the past.  Even with such a contractual arrangement that you
> suggest, it would not necessarily carry the force of contract law
> outside of the US for those root servers in the legacy root structure
> that reside physically outside or the US, and are already under
> a contractual arrangement with the USG presently.  As such,
> the contractual arrangement that you suggest here would be
> circumventable to that extent at least.
>
> >
> >
> > Just a late night thought.
>
>   Well it was a good thought, just lacked some considerations that
> late night thoughts often do.  >;)
>
> >
> >
> > Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.
> >
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>
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