> -----Original Message----- > From: James M Woods [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Chuck, > > Don't think about the mechanical bits: > > > to enter redemption grace period, a domain name must be deleted by the > > current registrar. > > Think instead about the timeline (30 days) that Redemption offers > the original registrant (which we do still plan on honoring for those > who have not explicitly requested the name be auctioned...its all part > of escrow) > > I hope to be able to offer more details soon (like a launch date!) > > Cheers, > > James
Does that mean you will be requiring bidders to commit funds to purchase names that may later be redeemed by the previous registrants (as does Dotster/Namewinner)? Or interpreting the registrar grace period as fulfilling the spirit of the 30-day registry redemption period (as apparently does NSI)? Those "mechanical bits" go a long way toward providing the new registrant a "clear title" to an expired name. (I'm just guessing here because of the apparent unwillingness of anyone at Tucows to spell out exactly what the plans are.) I mean, Ross has said "honoring the redemption grace period is mandatory", and that whatever you do will "comply with existing policy", yet your comments imply that names will be sold without being deleted. So does allowing the registrant the same time period as the current redemption grace period, without allowing the names to actually enter the redemption grace period, actually comply with existing policy? If it does, NSI is doing nothing wrong, since because there is no policy preventing registrars from deleting names the day after expiry, and in fact at least one does so, and since the redemption policy only adds 30 days during which a registrant can recover an expired name, then 36 days would "comply".
