Re: [ga] Re: Board descisions

[Thomas Roessler <roessler@does-not-exist.org>]

On 2001-03-14 15:09:30 +0100, Marc Schneiders wrote:

>> More seriously, I just can't believe that anyone on the board,
>> at Verisign, or in the DNSO can even think about policy changes
>> which would have the effect to remove exiting domain names
>> which were registered and are being used in good faith and
>> according to the rules.

> I would very much like to have as much trust as you seem to
> have. 

Well, we all know that ICANN may have screwed up with the new TLDs.

However, there is one thing ICANN has not done so far, and that's to
ruin an existing and well-established TLD.  (I'm leaving the
alternativ dot-biz and other alt.root activities out of the picture
for the moment, because their user base is rather negligible when
compared to the ICANN/DoC root user base.  Please redirect your
flames to the bit sink.)

I believe that ruining or substantially changing a well-established
TLD would be one of the few things ICANN could do in order to
destroy even the strongest belief anyone may have in ICANN's
commitment to guaranteeing the net's stability.  Such a decision
would, basically, ruin the legitimacy of ICANN.

> There was an ICANN official quoted, saying that present
> registrants in ORG could keep their names for another 'cycle',
> IIRC. Unfortunately I have no source...

I'd really like to see that one.

> From whatever angle we look at it: changing the policy for ORG
> does not benefit anyone, except perhaps Verisign, by making a
> competiting TLD impotent.

Well, someone here (it may have been Kent Crispin, I'm not sure)
made an interesting remark on the possibility of a differnet
conflict resolution policy for a non-commercial dot-org.  However,
the point made by some in the public comment forum - namely, that,
in order to try new policies, new TLDs should be introduced - is
still perfectly valid.

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Thomas Roessler			    <roessler@does-not-exist.org>
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