Re[2]: [ga] Contract Verisign / ICANN and statuschange of dot org from unrestricted to restricted

["William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>]

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.

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.


>     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.


>> The implication is there, this is all a part of the deal, Kent, even
>> if its not on paper.

> Spare me your conspiracy theories.

No, Kent, most of us have seen this kind of crap happen with ICANN
before, and we've seen people like you towing the company line,
refuting that what people are saying is going to happen will happen,
and then surprise surprise, it happens.  And then you claim it
happened because "consensus."

Spare me the crap, Kent.


-- 
Best regards,
 William                            mailto:william@userfriendly.com


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