[governance] Capacity building: there is still work to do :-)

[Ray Plzak]

In reality, IANA does not exist. It is a group of functions that is the subject of a contract between the USG and ICANN. So that portion of the question is moot.

Ray

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Avri Doria [mailto:avri at psg.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 5:53 AM
> To: Governance Caucus
> Subject: Re: [governance] Capacity building: there is still work to do
> :-)
>
>
> Depending on what meaning someone attaches to the word "own"  it could
> be an entertaining question.  in a distributed virtual on-line world,
> what does ownership signify?
>
> and of course the list of possible owners could be intriguing
>
> - ICANN or IANA (as was asked)
>
> - it is a world resource
> - no one own it
> - the US government owns it
>
> and maybe
>
> - the question has no answer.
>
> a.
>
>
>
> On 7 Apr 2008, at 11:09, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> > [Posted on the BIND user's mailing list.]
> > ____________________________________________________________
> >
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I'd like know who owns the Domain Name System ? I am not sure if it
> is
> > ICANN or IANA ? Can you disentangle my confusion....
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Uchenna
> >
> >
>
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