"Opting Out" (Re: The Price Of Admission is Acceptable.)

["andi payn" <payn@null.net>]

Somewhere in this long discussion, Kent Crispin responded to Jim Dixon
responding to someone else:

>> > A detail that many seem to ignore, is that you can sign the gTLD-MOU
with
>> > your own "sidenotes" if you want (ie your own opt-out clause). Much the
way
>> > that Digital signed...
>>
>> Can you just opt out from the whole thing?
>
>Let's see.  In that case, then, you want to opt out of:
>
>   a.the Internet Top Level Domain (TLD) name space is a public
>   resource and is subject to the public trust;
>
>   b.any administration, use and/or evolution of the Internet TLD
>   space is a public policy issue and should be carried out in the
>   interests and service of the public;
>
>   d.the current and future Internet name space stakeholders can
>   benefit most from a self-regulatory and market-oriented approach to
>   Internet domain name registration services
>
>In all honesty, Jim, I don't see how *any* responsible party in the DNS
>debate could disagree with the whole thing.

OK, Kent, if I'm willing to agree to those three principles, plus c and e,
but I want to opt out of the rest of the MoU, can I join PAB?