Yes, this is an interesting problem. How do you clearly delineate
commercial/non-commercial use on the Internet? There are extremes at each
end of the spectrum that are pretty obvious, but the middle is a muddle.
Any definition is going to be arbitrary.
David Schutt
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Karl Auerbach
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 1999 3:43 PM
To: IFWP
Cc: ORSC
Subject: Re: [IFWP] Re: Forming a NCDNC
> I think we should leave the constituency open to any non-commercial
> individual or organization. The definition of "non-commercial," however,
> should not be "non-profit." The ICC and INTA are both "non-profit"
> entities, but their purpose is to vigorously promote commercial
> interests. This constituency obviously was not meant for them.*
We are entering definitional hell. How does one measure "commercial" use,
or lack of commercial use? Is it measured by the activity of the holder
of the domain or by those who actually pass traffic with that domain name
in some header or address or name field? Is there a threshold under which
profit-making activity would be considered too small to be "commercial"?
Do parents get to leverage domains given to children (it seems that they
can with regard to political contributions, so why not voting on dns
matters?)
Classifying people into constituencies is "a bad thing"(tm).
--karl--
