Re: Re[2]: [wg-c] "Public" resources

["Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@ebarn.com>]

> > Very reasonable, the only issue that we would have to be wary of is one
> > where the firm has a vested interest in the IP after the registry is no
> > longer viable (ie - Yahoo may want to launch a .yahoo tld. After signing
> up
> > thousands of their web-hosting customers, they decide to withdraw the
> > service due to a bad revenue model) Not taking this into account would
> > strand a large constituency.
> >
> > Do we care?
>
> Sure we do. Contractually bind Yahoo, as part of the root-entry process,
> to pledge the IP in the specific case of insolvency or abandonment for
> any reason. That's what contracts are for.
>

So in effect, we end up raising the bar to ensure that "dabblers" are
discouraged and the constituents of .yahoo and .web are protected.

Not bad...does this constitute forward process? ;)

-RWR