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> If I were in their position, I would be considerably less than amused
> by such a thing. It implies that they support a particular political
> position which, as far as I can tell, they have no official position
> on. The only thing they could really do in response is to shut down
> the .moo demonstration.
I'm not sure that we have a formal position - ie - one commemorated by a
plaque on the wall, but I can say that we do, at the very least, have an
opinion...
My feeling is that Tucows believes in root diversity. Diversity implies
competition, which leads to innovation. Of course, innovation is never a bad
thing. However it is important to note that we *don't* believe that status
in one root bestows special pioneer rights as it relates to status in other
roots. .ross in the ICANN root doesn't mean that I have special rights to
getting that zone into the ORSC root. If I jump on both roots with my
concept, then that is another story...as long as I am first to both DNS
systems with .ross. What goes into the root should solely be the choice of
the root operator - as should their policy stance.
Right now, the ICANN/DOC root is the one with the most commercial support,
therefore it is "used' more often. So commercially, it makes the most sense
for us to support that root. On the other hand, I'm not so sure that we
would discount new possibilities out of hand simply because they weren't
ICANN - it would however have to present a compelling proposition, something
competitive to ICANN.
At the core of this position is that DNS needs to get back to being a
technical infrastructure. Adoption or support of a root should never lead to
being a political statement.
-rwr
