[ga] FW: Name.Space.Info: Some Root Operators Refuse to Sign on to ICANN/DOC Project

["Roeland M.J. Meyer" <rmeyer@mhsc.com>]

For the amusement of all,

This is very relevent to this group becasue it is all about the
root-zone here.

On a more serious note, this is one of the problems with this entire
political structure. It always assumed status quo wrt the
root-operators. That is a dangerous thing to assume about volunteers,
that are donating their own resources, as I and many other have pointed
out before. Simply put, one can not demand anything from those in that
circumstance. They will, rightfully, tell you to PUAR. They have no
incentive to sign the CRADA. Were I them, I wouldn't sign on either.


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Roeland M.J. Meyer, CEO
Morgan Hill Software Company, Inc.
http://www.mhsc.com/
mailto://rmeyer@mhsc.com
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> From: owner-tech@open-rsc.org
> [mailto:owner-tech@open-rsc.org] On Behalf
> Of Mark Jeftovic
> Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 1:04 PM
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> >Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 18:07:27 +0100 (GMT+0100)
> >From: nettime maillist <nettime@Desk.nl>
> >To: nettime-l-temp <nettime-l-temp@material.net>
> >Subject: Name.Space.Info: Some Root Operators Refuse to Sign on to
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> >Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 01:43:52 -0400
> >To: nettime-l@desk.nl
> >From: "Name.Space.Info" <info@name-space.com>
> >Subject: Some Root Operators Refuse to Sign on to ICANN/DOC Project
> >
> >COMPUTERGRAM INTERNATIONAL: JULY 06 1999
> >
> >Some Root Operators Refuse to Sign on to ICANN/DOC Project
> >
> >By Nick Patience
> >
> >Last week the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
> Numbers (ICANN)
> >distributed a memorandum of participation (MoP) to the
> operators of the 13
> >root servers that maintain the internet's address book of
> domain names.
> >
> >The latest version of the document, which ComputerWire has
> seen, affirms
> >the operator's willingness to participate in the Cooperative
> Research and
> >Development Agreement (CRADA) that has been signed by ICANN, the
> >Department of Commerce and its agency, the National
> Institute of Standards
> >and Technology (NIST) to come up with ways of formalizing
> the relationship
> >between the root server operators and establishing formal
> procedures for
> >the operation of the server network.
> >
> >According to sources, at least three of the operators have
> refused to sign
> >as of press time but, as none of them will talk to the press, it is
> >difficult to ascertain the exact number.
> >
> >The MoP gives the operator the option of withdrawing from the list of
> >participating operators and does not create any legal
> liability on the
> >part of the metaphor or his or her company or organization.
> It says work
> >plans developed by the research project will have to be
> approved jointly
> >by ICANN and Commerce before being put into effect. And the
> operator is
> >obliged to operate the root in the manner agreed upon as part of the
> >project - although it is not clear if they are still
> obligated to do so if
> >they have withdrawn their name from the list of project
> contributors.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> ----
> Mark Jeftovic, <markjr@easydns.com>
> easyDNS Technologies Inc. http://www.easyDNS.com/
>