[governance] IANA contract to be opened for competitive bidding on November 4

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 24/10/11 17:05, Ian Peter wrote:
> Hi Ronald,
>
> >†he US didn't arrogate such a right to itself. It invented the
> Internet and gave it to the international > community.
>
> Well hardly, although I realise many people believe this to be true.

Moreover, its invention cannot be separated from its availability to the
international community.  If it could have been withheld from the
international community, it wouldn't have been the Internet, it would
have been AOL.

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