RE: [IFWP] Fwd: Re: Power Politics and the New Internet Order

[Roberto Gaetano]

Jay,

You wrote (answering to Kent Crispin):

> Anyway, David had questioned the last 
> line in the following paragraph:  
> 
> "The gTLD-MoU was controversial because it would have 
> confiscated all generic Top Level Domains, not only from 
> startups like IO Design (who had been running the .web 
> registry for approximately one year), but also from Network 
> Solutions.  It would have established an authority control 
> model of governance, and it claimed ownership over the 
> entire name space."
> 
> The correction that I agreed with was 
> that the IAHC did not "claim" ownership 
> over the entire name space.  On the other
> hand, I do believe that it *would* have 
> been a consequence of that failed and 
> faulty plan.
> 
> IMHO, that was a minor point, ....
> 
        <snip>

To the naive reader, "it [the gTLD-MoU] claimed ownership on the entire name
space" is a fact that you are quoting.
This fact is not true.

A correction to "It would have implied ownership on the entire name space"
would have given the feeling to the reader that you are stating your strong
belief.
I would have disagreed with your sentence, but I would never have thought at
it as an incorrect statement, and nobody would have called it "a lie".

It is a small change, but not a minor point, IMHO.

Regards
Roberto