I say this as a matter of practicality. Are you seriously going to tell the
Chinese how run .CN? If you attempt it, you will see the Chinese interfere
at governmental levels, making the meddling of the U.S. and European
governments seem trivial by comparison.
Each ccTLD has a natural constituency that is properly concerned with local
matters, and may have customs that, while crucial for them, might be very
problematic in a western society. For instance instance, Muslim countries
and obscenities. Most of these ccTLDs have worked out policies that work
well and have not been contentious, as .COM has been. (BTW, the fact that
some ccTLDs have very open registration policies doesn't diminish this --
the locals want to have open policies, god bless them. But some want, and
I'm sure feel they need, more restrictive policies.
gTLDs function globally, not locally. They are a different beast. They
need to be responsive to all users, which is a much more difficult task --
and hence the grinding process we've all been through the last few years.
Antony
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Christopher Ambler
> Sent: Friday, January 15, 1999 4:21 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; DNSO Mail List
> Cc: ORSC; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Commentary on ICC submission
>
>
> >Negative. The ICANN's role, and the DNSO's role, with regard to ccTLDs
> must
> >be minimal. Their object should not be to remove ccTLDs,
> especially on the
> >basis of as-yet undefined criteria, nor should it have any say
> in how they
> >are managed or developed or assigned, except within the limits of a basic
> >contract with ICANN for use of the root. ccTLDs and gTLDs
> should and must
> >be treated separately. This will be a show-stopper for most ccTLDs.
>
> So what you're saying is that ICANN takes on IANA's role WRT gTLDs, but
> not WRT ccTLDs?
>
> Smacks of, "Do anything you want, but leave me alone!"
>
> All or nothing - either ICANN has control of the roots, or it doesn't.
> Nobody
> gets treated unfairly or under different terms.
>
> This will be a show-stopper for most gTLDs.
>
> --
> Christopher Ambler
> This email address belongs to a Resident of the State of Washington
>
>
>
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