[ga] Option A -- "Divestiture'

[Bret Fausett <baf@fausett.com>]

Alexander Svensson wrote:
> ...the threat of a pseudo divestiture should probably be
> looked at seriously.

Picking up on this from the "[ga] Re: Board descisions" thread...

ICANN posted four additional FAQs this evening focusing on what Verisign
must do to obtain the four-year extension under the original agreement and
what limitations, if any, might be placed on Verisign or the purchaser of
the registrar assets after any sale.

You'll want to review FAQs 4, 5, 6 and 7 from this:

  http://www.icann.org/melbourne/info-verisign-revisions.htm

I won't attempt to summarize the points made there, but many of the elements
described by James Seng in an earlier post about what Verisign would do
under Option A appear to be realistic possibilities:

  http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga/Arc06/msg01029.html

     -- Bret

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