I'd like to add my vote of support to this policy as well. The proposal seems, as I understand it, to leave registrants with all their existing rights & time available to renew after expiry. It makes it easier for somebody who wants to secure the domain name (which the original registrant clearly doesn't want or doesn't care about) to get it after it expires, and at the same time provides a revenue stream for the registrant, for Tucows, and (hopefully!) for us as resellers as well. Though I'm not yet clear on what role the reseller plays in the process. If nobody bids then the domain is deleted, as is the case now, but if somebody else is willing to buy it they can make sure they get it.
The problem with the current system is that someone who wants to get a domain name that is expiring can't currently guarantee that they will get that domain. There are measures that they can take (snapnames etc) but this will serve effectively as a guarantee, as long as they are prepared to pay enough to win the auction. I for one will use it both as a buyer and 'seller' of domain names once Tucows implement this policy. Just my 2 cents! Regards James Ussher-Smith Process IT Ltd -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russ Goodwin Sent: 08 March 2005 22:09 To: discuss-list@opensrs.org Subject: Re: NSI-- What Arrogance! At 05:20 PM 3/8/2005, Elliot Noss wrote: ><snip> >I know what I would want from my mom's supplier which, for me, is the >ultimate litmus test of it being "unethical" or not. see >http://enoss.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2004/9/27/150241.html for much >more on this point. > >anyone else want to weigh in here? > >thanks. nice to see a little heat again :-) If you don't pay the tax on your house, you lose it. If you don't pay the tax on your car, you lose it. If you don't renew your magazine subscriptions, you lose them. If you don't renew your domain names, you lose them. In all cases you get a lot of notices and even some measure of "grace period" to pay up after the due date. It's not unethical to auction names 35 days after expiration - registrants are given plenty of time to renew. If they won't pay for the resource they are tying up, then let someone else who's willing to pay a PREMIUM come in and get it. If the practice is counter to what some other agreements say, then I say modify those agreements. -Russ
