[11482] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: The whole CIX concept is flawed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Simon Poole)
Mon Apr 4 06:50:05 1994
To: bmanning@is.rice.edu (William Manning)
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 1994 10:50:59 +0200 (MET DST)
Cc: gwh@crl.com, com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9404040248.AA02096@brazos.is.rice.edu> from "William Manning" at Apr 3, 94 09:48:43 pm
From: Simon Poole <poole@magnolia.eunet.ch>
> Just for grins, this draft was approved at the IETF last
> week. Kind of puts AUP-free into perspective.
Why does the IETF keep on medling in non-technical areas?
And in particular, why does the IETF give the following peice
of misinformation official status? (Did anybody actually read
it?)
....
>
> 1. Purpose of the Internet
> The Internet (a global network made up of many smaller
> contributing networks) and its services are intended to
> support open research and education in and among US
> research and instructional institutions, plus research arms of
> for-profit firms when engaged in open scholarly
> communication and research. Use for other purposes, e.g.
> for-profit activity or extensive personal business, is not
> acceptable.
....
Simon
