Re: Jim Welch paper

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Leo,

  I agree that what you are perposing here has some marit in
possibility.
In that thought, I have stated several times on this list that the
current Draftis sorely lacking in its inclusiveness of this possibility.

  Though I do not agree with a auctioning policy within any final Draft
provision for or against should be included in such a draft.  The Dec
19 draft has no such inclusion currently, and hence is lacking greatly.
This is an area that will need to be addressed.

Regards,


Leo Smith wrote:
> 
> I read your position paper and need clarification. In your paper you write:
> 
>         "The corporation effectively owns all internal nodes. The only
>         names that any individual or organization may acquire are the names of
>         leaf nodes. A name is created when someone proposes it. A proposed
>         name is acquired by the highest bidder in an Internet-based auction
>         process subject to some minimum bid, say $25 US 1997-01-01."
> 
> The corporation referred to above  I take to mean your proposed new
> Internet entity
>         "created (as a) single for-profit corporation... for the sole purpose
>         of administering the domain name system"
> 
> When you refer to a name being created when someone proposes it, does that
> refer to an end user proposing a particular SLD name for their use, or does
> it refer to a registry proposing a gTLD name?
> 
> While I don't see a benefit to putting SLD names out to auction, the
> concept of having a bidding process under which qualified registries could
> compete to acquire the exclusive licensing rights to a TLD has serious
> merit, especially if, after acquiring the exclusive license, the gTLD
> becomes "SHARED" with all other registries through sublicensing agreements.
> ----------
> 
> Jim Welch had written on 12/28:
> : For a completely different solution to the various DNS problems being
> : discussed here please see:    http://research.troy.ny.us/leafnodes.txt

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