On Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 02:49:04PM -0400, Planet Communications Computing Facility
wrote:
> Hello Kent:
>
> Some time ago you made the comment:
>
> "ANYONE can set up a private TLD, and that has no more significance
> concerning the IANA root servers than the claims of the various militia
> groups concerning US territory."
>
> Kent Crispin, Chairman, gTLD-MoU Policy Advisory Body, August 21st, 1998
>
> What was your intent in making this comment. I think I follow it, except
> for the militia bits which seem out of place.
It's real hard to know what the intent of that comment was, given
that it is a year old, and pulled from some context I don't
remember. The "militia bits" may have been a reference to some hot
news story of the time, and I agree that it is a little hard to
follow now.
I think what I meant was that it is perfectly legal to set up your
own TLDs and root servers, and to sell registrations in them.
But doing so gives you no claim whatsoever to be put in someone
else's root servers.
This is in contradiction to claims made by some that since they have
what they call a functioning registry they can legally force their
way into the IANA root.
--
Kent Crispin "Do good, and you'll be
[EMAIL PROTECTED] lonesome." -- Mark Twain
