RE: Postel's Draft

[Donald Heath <heath@linus.isoc.org>]

On Tue, 31 Dec 1996, Donald Heath wrote:

>> 
>> Leo Smith agrees, and asks: 
>> Is IAHC opposed to re-examining the merits of jon postel's original draft
>>which espoused a royalty based exclusive licensing?
>>
> I would not be against such  -  and think it's a good way to fund IANA.
> IANA's primary source of funding comes from the US Govt.  IANA is
> an international organization and should be funded by international
> sources.

Marc Hurst responds:
Not only is this a sacriligous comment but it is insulting to claim this 
internationaliztion exists when there are no members outside the United 
States. This miopic view of how the internet is governed, or how it is 
perceived it should be governed, just goes to prove to those outside of 
the U.S. academia how little regard you have for issues outside of your 
sphere of influence, issues that you never could encounter from within 
the culturally sterile and politically "reactive" governing atmosphere 
from which you attempt to rule from.

Hmmmm.  I guess you think an international organization means that people
working in it must come from various (all?) parts of the globe?  IANA does
an international function for the Internet  -  that's what I meant by IANA
being an international organization.  I expect most people, somewhat
knowledgeable about the Internet, would agree with me that IANA is an
international organization and should be funded by some group other
than the US Govt.

> 
> Don Heath  -  IAHC member speaking for myself
		"unfortunately he feels he speaks for the rest of us too"

Now THAT'S INSULTING!!!

Happy New Year Mr. Heath... course cluelessness is Bliss so it should not 
be that hard for you or the IANA to be happy...

Sitting in the expensive seats and not enjoying the show...

Marc Hurst
SKYSCAPE Communications
Toronto, Canada

You obviously do not know too much about me or the IAHC!!

Don Heath  -  IAHC member  -  and still speaking for myself!