RE: Re[4]: [ga] Call for a Working Group

[Roeland Meyer <rmeyer@mhsc.com>]

> From: Jeff Field [mailto:jfield@aaaq.com]
> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2001 2:14 PM
> 
> Today you have the ICANN root (McDonalds), the PacificRoot 
> root (Burger
> King), and perhaps some other roots (Wendys, Jack In The Box, 
> etc....but
> let's keep this simple).  Well, if I'm McDonalds, I don't 
> sell Burger King
> food (unless I want to and have an agreement with Burger King 
> that allows me
> to do so).  And, if I'm Burger King, I don't sell McDonalds 
> food (unless I
> want to and have an agreement with McDonalds that allows me 
> to do so).  On
> that, I think we can all agree.

The analogy breaks down because the DOC root zone is property of the USG,
aka every US citizen has an explicit right to that data under FOIA, if
nothing else. As US citzens, it is *our* property. The root zone has never
been classified as anything other than "white" either. So, NSA doesn't have
overrides.

Now, can we quite wasting time on analogous arguments and talk about what
we're really here to talk about?
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