[8902] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: offtopic for NANOG - do not read
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Sat Apr 26 19:49:45 1997
To: Mike Trest <trest@atmnet.net>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 26 Apr 1997 14:57:14 PDT."
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Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 19:40:20 -0400
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Mike Trest writes:
> I believe there is a leagally sound (and often used) claim which NSI
> can assert regarding their rights in this matter. When the NSF
> cut back on its willingness to fund the Internet cooperative
> agreement and the InterNIC was shifted to a fee for Domain
> Registration service,
You should read the cooperative agreement.
Making the registrations self funding was in the agreement from the
start. As is, by the way, a clause that says that at the end, they
have to turn over everything -- software, databases, everything -- to
the NSF. Ten copies, in fact, with reports.
Perry
Speaking personally, and not in an official capacity