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Re: [wg-c] Eureka?
Hi David,
Glad to see you on-line.
If the "intellectual property goes to the
awardee", one wonders why the
Cooperative Agreement includes section 10 (e), which
provides:
This phrase is inserted into every research project agreement,
because like all research project, they are predicated on the
notion of reproducibility of the results. If you get a NSF
grant for studying the mating habits of rabbits, you are subject
to the same requirement.
The
Cooperative Agreement was clearly intended to cover services to the
NSF for a definite, and limited, period of time. When the term of the
Agreement
ends, as it will, the work done is to be replicated by another party, and
the
Awardee, NSI, must enable the other party to take over.
It was *not* so intended. Most project agreements crafted at that
time
were part of a large composite programme of transferring functions
permanently to the private-sector. The backbone and regional
networks
went first. Those were by far the largest assets, although
major
software pieces like browsers were also involved. The only
functions
not so intended were those that remained with the "Internet
NIC"
maintained by DISA. This is amply confirmed by what ensued, by
material of record, and by the actual people involved in crafting
the policies. I'm speaking first hand here.
This cynical threat to destabilize and fracture the Internet puts
in
perspective the statements of NSI consultants on this
subject.
You jest. It is IP addresses that get traffic to their
destinations, not overlay tagging systems like DNS. The
Internet has long had multiple tagging systems, and always
will. Check out
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/1999/0809names.html
for some of the new ones in progress. You can even
give some
of the new alternatives a whirl by replacing your DNS server
cache file. See
www.superroot.com
Then you can use all of the
DNS space instead of the "fractured" portion you're just using
now.
cheers,
--tony