Re: [wg-c] S/K principles [Was: Working Group C agenda]

[Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>]

At 11:31 AM 4/5/00 -0400, Jonathan Weinberg wrote:
>         I suspect that the objections that have been raised by Kevin, 
> Rod, Mark,
>Dave and Eric can't be addressed by redrafting.  As far as the
>Connolly/Dixon/Langston objection is concerned, I'd expect Philip Sheppard
>to view the requirement that registries enforce their charters as a
>fundamental one, not something he could give up while maintaining the
>principles' utility.  (Phil — am I right about this?)  And I think that the
>set of principles that would satisfy Dave Crocker and Eric Brunner is so
>different from this one that one couldn't get there using this set as a
>starting point.  (Dave, Eric — am I right about this?)

I'm not entirely sure I entirely understand the query, but here's an effort 
to respond, for myself only:

Registration restricted to conformance to a charter is a 'chartered' 
TLD.  com/net/org represent a category that is not enforced and it is THIS 
category that is in need of competition.  I think chartered TLDs are fine, 
but they are an entirely separate market from 'generic' TLDs.  (Think hard 
about the term 'generic'.  If there is a charter and it is enforced, just 
how 'generic' is the TLD.)  com/net/org have descriptions of the intended 
meaning of their terms, but carry no enforcement.

So, I think that requiring -- or even pursuing -- enforcement at this stage 
is entirely misguided and serves only to keep us from pursuing our primary 
task, namely to create competition for com/net/org..

d/

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