Re: [ga] Question No. 1

["JandL" <jandl@jandl.com>]

> Dave and all remaining assembly members,
> 
> Dave Crocker wrote:
> 
> > At 10:14 AM 4/11/2001, Bruce James wrote:
> > >Everyone and no one has a claim. But the USG thinks it does!
> >
> > There are some Congress-folk who either do not understand the global
> > nature of the DNS, or worse, believe that the US Gov't really does
> > "own" the thing.
> 
>   It does own the Root structure.  The USG does not own the DNS
>   however,
> you are correct to that extent.

It does not own the root structure, but does control the rootzone 
content.  It does own the a-root server (I think) which carries the 
rootzone file.  It's semantics, of course.  The bottom line is that 
most of the world points to the USG rootzone because it is included 
by default in distributed software.  Now if that were to change 
somehow since most of the software is open source (for Unix/Linux 
anyway) ...

Someone once said that if you do not progress, you regress.  
Nothing stands still.  Change comes whether you want it or not.  So 
it will with DNS, roots, TLDs and how the world utilizes them.  Either 
we all recognize progression or we lose out to those who do.

My opinion, of course. :)

Leah

> 
> >
> >
> > However the reasoned, responsible view is that the US Gov't is
> > providing stewardship and oversight for a process that is moving the
> > DNS (and IP) administrative structure into a long-term,
> > non-governmental framework.
> 
>   INdeed true.  And the White Paper and the MoU are the process by
>   which this
> is suppose to occur.  And the DNSO and IP administration transition to
> private industry does not mean that stakeholders, ANY and ALL
> stakeholders BTW, should be in any way disenfranchised.  However this
> is not the "Path" that the present ICANN BoD has decidedly taken.... 
> Hence, it is becoming increasingly obvious that the present path that
> the ICANN BoD has taken is not in the best interests of all
> "Interested Parties" and/or stakeholders....
> 
> >
> >
> > d/
> >
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> 
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