Changing the Rules...
Marc Hurst
mhurst at fastlane.ca
Thu May 22 15:35:51 UTC 1997
It appears we have been arguing the same point...
On Thu, 22 May 1997, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>
> Marc Hurst writes:
> > > So? As soon as the Canadian Government directs the IANA to delegate ".ca"
> > > to Skyscape I am sure the IANA will change the delegation. Your statement
> > > has no relevance to this discussion.
> >
> > The Canadian government had zero input in the selection of the University
> > of British Columbia having this authority.
>
> The way it works is simple.
>
> When a government directs the IANA to change a delegation for a
> country domain, it gets changed.
>
> If the government chooses not to give direction, IANA delegates to the
> best organization it can.
>
> Whether the Canadian government chose to get involved is immaterial --
> if it chose, it would be obeyed.
>
> This whole thing started because some idiot called IANA listening to
> the Hatian government's request about the disposition of .HT an "abuse
> of power". Perhaps the reassignment was due to Hatian corruption, but
> that isn't within the power of the IANA to control, and certainly the
> IANA doesn't get any benefit out of the situation.
>
>
>
> Perry
> Speaking personally, and not in any official capacity
>
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