[3501] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The root nameservers will be replaced August 1st
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Hannan)
Thu Jul 18 01:44:31 1996
From: Alan Hannan <alan@gi.net>
To: freedman@netaxs.com (Avi Freedman)
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 00:40:19 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: alan@gi.net, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199607180535.BAA10843@netaxs.com> from "Avi Freedman" at Jul 18, 96 01:35:34 am
Reply-To: alan@gi.net
The two perspectives I didn't bring up (hoping someone else
would/will) are:
o How does the NSF support/activity impact content and connections
to the NAPs (and to a far lesser extent the MAEs, and the random
XPs popping up everywhere [which I feel are a geat idea {but I
won't keep rambling}]).
o In the freedom-of-speech world, it is my understanding that
there are significant precedents set that say once a body exhibits
ANY editorial control, they are then responsible for all content.
[of course, not exhibiting control doesn't insure that one isn't
responsible].
Of course, in a purely objective, idealistic world, I'd agree and
support Avi's assertions.
-alan
......... Avi Freedman is rumored to have said:
]
] > Hmm.....
] >
] > NAP operators making judgement about content... Hmm... I wonder
] > if there are any applicable precedents here...
] >
] > -alan
]
] Sure... "It's ours and we set the rules."
] As far as I know, rules aren't even available for the MAEs from MFS,
] and the Pennsauken agreement speaks only in generalities about what
] one's not supposed to do routing-wise...
]
] Avi
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