Re: Re[2]: [ga] Status of the Review Task Force

[Elisabeth Porteneuve <Elisabeth.Porteneuve@cetp.ipsl.fr>]

William X Walsh <william@userfriendly.com> wrote:
> 
> Sunday, Sunday, September 02, 2001, 9:00:11 PM, Peter de Blanc wrote:
> 
> > I concur (agree) with Elisabeth's comments here.
> 
> > Peter de Blanc
> 
> Elisabeth Porteneuve wrote:
> > The ccTLDs represent Local Internet Communities, and contrary to the
> > gTLD Registries, ccTLD Registries do not operate under the US law and
> > jurisdiction, but under national law and jurisdiction.
> 
> But in fact, the ccTLD was delegated under an implied contract that is
> subject to US Law.  So in effect, ccTLDs are, to a limited degree,
> subject to US Law.
> 

==> This is the most frequent erroneous assumption.

    The Internet network was built up by researchers and engineers, 
    from the US and from several other countries. 
    To have the simplest network, you need 2 sides, and you need
    that the both sides wish to built it up. It is the exact story
    of the intial Internet. No "delegations" - collaborative work.

    The establishment of ccTLD started in 1985. It was an era of 
    ancestors EARN-BITNET, SPAN - Space Physics Analysis Network, 
    HEPNET - High Energy Physics Network, etc ....
    Actually if you recall the naming scheme used for EARN or for SPAN
    - it was based on ISO 3166 code, at the time the names of "nodes"
    were limited to 8 characters!

    At this pioneers time, the network deployment followed the 
    international research and education communities needs.
    Starting in 1987 the US National Science Foundation and its 
    management were leading in international efforts helping 
    the worldwide Internet to take shape (see the Project Solicitation 
    for International Connections for the NSFNET, NSF90-69, July 1990,
    prepared after many discussions with Europeans, with the idea 
    to connect the NSFNET to European backbones, and share expensive
    lines cost - I have an original paper copy in my archives, 
    I have been there).

    There was no contract under US law or any other law, there was 
    collaborative work, and we were putting European taxpayers money 
    to make Internet happen. 
    In that pioneers time when the new country were connecting
    (which means putting enormous resources on international connectivity),
    it was using its own ISO 3166 code. The ccTLD happened this way.

    Elisabeth Porteneuve

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