Non-English Domain Names Likely Delayed

Mon Jul 18 13:12:08 UTC 2005

Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer at nic.fr> writes:

>> Already, some 21 TLDs are whitelisted, including .cn, .tw, a number
>> of European ccTLDs, .museum, and .info. Any other registrars who
>> want to be supported can simply E-mail Gerv at the Mozilla
>> Foundation, or his Opera counterpart, and give them a pointer to
>> their anti-spoofing rules.
>
> The Polish registry already refused to comply, saying that the Mozilla
> foundation has no legitimacy deciding the registration rules in ".pl".

And it's completely their right to do this, however, if they are at
all subject to pressure from their constituency this policy will
probably change over time if this scheme becomes a de-facto standard
(say, for instance, M$ and Apple decide to run the same whitelist, the
discussion is effectively over).

What's the drawback again to letting commercial forces help shape the
discussion here?  I forget...

                                        ---Rob