[governance] Ideas that this mailing list has agreed to

[Danny Younger]

I cannot agree to paragraph 46.

Perhaps you might agree with the following wording:

46.  Experimental registry systems offering name
registration services in an alternative set of
exclusive domains developed as early as January 1996.
Although visible to only a fraction of Internet users,
alternative systems such as the name.space, AlterNIC,
and eDNS affiliated registries contributed to the
community's dialogue on the evolution of DNS
administration. 

The acceptance of multiple roots in the DNS is an
important enabler of innovation, competition and
choice.  

Root-level competition will allow the end user
community (the market) to decide which constellation
of root-servers to support on the basis of value
offered (for instance, one root system may carry the
proposed .xxx TLD while another may choose not to
subject its users to such prurient offerings).  

An ample array of choices will result from competition
at the root-level.  Current ICANN TLD selection
processes limited to the legacy root will not offer
the prospect of a large quantity of meaningful choices
for the broader Internet community anytime in the near
future -- this is the hazard inherent in the single
root system approach. 


> 
> 46. The acceptance of a single root for the DNS is
> an important
> enabler of the Internet's international reach
> Governance arrangements
> for the root zone file should be outside the control
> of any individual
> government, and broadly acceptable to all
> stakeholders. If this issue
> is not addressed, it will lead to an increase in the
> number of
> alternative root structures that could impact
> negatively on the
> Internet's security, stability and interoperability.
>  Under the
> current naming scheme, this could lead to the
> fragmentation of the
> Internet and the user community.
> 
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