Re: "rights"

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

Richard and all,

Richard J. Sexton wrote:
> 
> At 09:28 AM 10/26/97 +0000, Jim Dixon wrote:
> 
> >> Go read all these parts and you'll quickly come to the conclusion that
> >> there can be only one foobar.com, and if you create another one, that
> >> nameserver is by definition not complient. Non complient hosts han
> >> be safley ignored.
> >
> >Indeed.  But all of this is not based on any notion of rights.  These
> >references describe the functioning of a cooperative system run on
> >a voluntary basis.  Yes, the Internet works.
> 
> I would contend that the net works because all the 60,000 nameserver
> operators respect each others righs. YMMV.

  I to a great degree agree with this simple evaluation on the whole.
the only addition I might add is that most of them are instinctivly 
aware that if the did not respect each others "Rights", they are aware
that the consequences of not doing so could be sevear legaly.
> 
> >Both clearly show CORE taking over com/net/org over a six-month period
> >beginning on 1 April 1998.
> 
> Well, yeah, but they were supposed to have been operaitonal Jan 1, March 1 etc.
> so we those of us who actually have working registry code tend to ignore claims
> like that.

  Yep.  ANd if history is any guide CORE/POC/PAB will not be prepaired
on April 1, 1998 either.  Time will tell this story however.  And time,
is something that is rarely in you favor.
> 
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Regards,

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