Re: Commercial Endeavor

["Leo Smith" <barter@ntplx.net>]

Leo said:

@@ The operation of a registry, currently proposed,
@@ is nothing more and nothing less than a commercial, business venture

to which Scott replied:
@ But it need not be a stand-alone venture.  For example, An ISP could
offer 
@ registery services as a value-add for its customers.

to which Leo replies:
Scott...you're correct in asserting that the venture does not have to be a
stand alone business. 
Whether it's stand alone, or whether it's offered as a value added service
by ISPs, in either case the registry service is still 100% a commercial
endeavor.
If, as a starting point, there is agreement that the proposed new
registries are 100% a commercial endeavor, then we all have a common
starting point on constructing the necessary framework for a purely
commercial enterprise.

I get the sense, however, that a number of others here believe that the
proposed new registries should not be viewed as purely commercial
endeavors.

If anyone believes that the operation of a registry is not 100% a
commercial endeavor, I would appreciate hearing your premise.

Leo Smith, Capital Ventures Group, LLC