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Re: [wg-c] Eureka?
hello tony...
its quite predictable that you would echo the same line as
phil sbarro, mike daniels, david johnson, jim rutt
you know tony ...
there might be a few people out there who might not agree with that
interpretation ...
ken
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 5:18
PM
Subject: 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