RE: [wg-c] historical trivia (getting to the Shepperd/Kleiman "p

["William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>]

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On 14-Mar-2000 Roeland M. J. Meyer wrote:
>> Name.space and any of the operators of alternative TLDs have 
>> no right to expect
>> introduction or prior use rights here.  None.
> 
> 
> Would you care to back that assertion with a bit of logic?

As I said, Roeland, those operators knew they were operating outside of the
system, and had no reasonable belief that they would gain any standing or be
added to the roots.  They were aware of their lack of sanction, and proceeded
to operate anyway.

Their knowledge they were operating outside of the system is sufficient logic,
Roeland. 

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