[LAC-Discuss] FW: [governance] Where are we going?

Carlton A Samuels carlton.samuels at uwimona.edu.jm
Tue Apr 10 12:29:43 EDT 2007



-----Original Message-----
From: Louis Pouzin [mailto:pouzin at well.com] 
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 8:33 AM
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
Subject: [governance] Where are we going?

Dear all,

There is no need to quote a specific posting, as all arguments have already
been stated repeatedly, and with apparently strong rationale.

AFAIK, in the US, the land of freedom of speech, not every character string
is allowed on car plates. Partially for technical reasons, e.g. too long,
but also for other non technical reasons. What are the criteria for
rejecting some character strings, and how are decisions made ?

Creating a new TLD necessarily requires some filtering, if only because it
should not conflict with an existing one. There are already hundreds of non
ICANN TLD's, among which EROTIC, EROTICA, FUCK, PORNO, SEX, X. Putting one
more in the ICANN space would not be a scoop. Of course, we know that's not
the issue.

The issue is a matter of procedure: how is filtering organized ? So far, non
ICANN TLD's result seemingly from gentleman agreement, unlikely a long term
arrangement. ICANN TLD's result from obscure wranglings within a US
controlled body, which claims to apply principles and procedures but
doesn't.

As long as ICANN remains what it is, that is a VATICANN, there can't be any
procedure acceptable by the non US world. It is nonsense to put under the
same authority the management of TLD labels, and root oversight. TLD labels
are worldwide unique strings sets like phone numbers, radio stations,
airline and airport tags, etc. Root issues pertain to operational systems,
for which there is a multiplicity of solutions and management.

TLD labels semantics are a component of their commercial, cultural, or
whatever value. So be it.  They could be handled as an instance of
international standard. And why not within ISO ? The structure is open to
all stakeholders. There are voting procedures, ample time for comments, and,
while not necessarily perfect, ISO standards are rarely challenged by
pressure groups..

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