[ga] WHOIS policy primer

[Thomas Roessler <roessler@does-not-exist.org>]

http://log.does-not-exist.org/archive-0208.html#02082719481030470514

    Here's a first fragment of a draft for a [1]WHOIS policy primer.  
    This one's a walk-through of the registrar accreditation 
    agreements (actually, there are two of these, with small  
    differences), which is hopefully at least a bit more 
    understandable than the agreements themselves. Missing bits: A 
    review of the .name appendix to the RAA (which is currently 
    missing from the ICANN web site), which may contain changes to 
    query-based access, and an overview of registries' WHOIS 
    provisions. In any event, the most important policies (at least 
    from a privacy point of view...) are contained in the RAA: Even 
    the thick registries basically make the same query-based access 
    available as registrars (with [2].name as an exception), with the 
    same non-restrictions on use of the data, and, possibly, advanced 
    query possibilities. Bulk access to thick registries' whois data 
    is more limited than with registrars. So I hope that this is 
    useful even in its current incomplete state. I'll add more when I 
    find the time. That means, in particular, not this week.
						 
References
						 
    1. http://does-not-exist.org/whois-primer.html
    2. http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/name/registry-agmt-appo-29jun01.htm

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Thomas Roessler                        <roessler@does-not-exist.org>
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