[governance] Re: [IGP-ANNOUNCE] IGP Alert: Reforming ICANN

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 07/02/2008, at 5:21 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:

> Milton L Mueller [06/02/08 16:42 -0500]:
>>> > incorporated either, and we don't doubt its existence.
>>> .. and IETF has oversight over what, precisely?
>>
>> Internet standards. A damn sight more important than ICANN.
>
> They set standards. But are those standards enforceable? And where  
> do you
> find mandatory acceptance of those standards, except by consensus in  
> the
> technical community?

What is your point?  That because the IGF "doesn't exist" it can't  
exercise soft governance over ICANN?  And you seek to differentiate  
the IETF as a counter-example on the basis that its governance of  
Internet standards is also soft?  I really don't see the distinction.

-- 
Jeremy Malcolm LLB (Hons) B Com
Internet and Open Source lawyer, IT consultant, actor
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