Re: [ga] Contract Verisign / ICANN and statuschange of dot org from unrestricted to restricted

[Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>]

On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 08:05:17PM -0800, William X. Walsh wrote:
> Hello Kent,
> 
> Tuesday, March 27, 2001, 7:04:29 PM, Kent Crispin wrote:
> > Nope.  That is not what it says.  What it says is:
> 
> >     Most non-commercial organizations have preferred to register in .org
> >     (or a ccTLD) rather than .com or .net, and there are many
> >     non-commercial organizations that view .org as their home.  In these
> >     circumstances, it seems appropriate for the registry operator of
> >     this TLD to be an organization that is likely to be sensitive to the
> >     needs of non-commercial organizations. 
> 
> Sorry, Kent, but you are not correct.  RFC1591 did not in any way
> state that .org was a non-commercial TLD.

You seem to have trouble with simple logic.  It says 

    1) it was inteneded commercial entities go in .com
    2) it was intended  that things that don't go elsewhere can go in .org
    3) things that are not commercial are non-commercial

    therefore:

    commercial entities don't go in .org

    corollary:

    .org was intended to be non-commercial

> Just because some non-commercial entities elect to be there, because
> of some misconception about what it is, doesn't mean anything, and has
> no bearing.

I see.


> >     whereas a for-profit registry would be more
> >     likely to trample over this CURRENTLY EXISTING SITUATION, and try to
> >     aggressively exploit .org for profit.
> 
> Bull.  .org is NOT a restricted TLD, nor should it be.  It is, and
> should remain, an open generic TLD.  There is no reason to specify a
> non-profit should run this domain, simply because a lot of non-profits
> may register there.
> 
> > This would trample over the
> >     expectations, and the rights, of THE LARGE MAJORITY OF CURRENT
> >     REGISTRANTS.
> 
> Again, bull.  Back that up with some facts.  There is nothing to
> indicate your statement above has ANY truth whatsoever.

Hmm.  You are claiming to believe the contrary, that most of the
registrations in .org are commercial.  Interesting.  

-- 
Kent Crispin                               "Be good, and you will be
kent@songbird.com                           lonesome." -- Mark Twain
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