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Re: When is Verisign's registry contract up for renewal

  • From: Paul Vixie
  • Date: Sat Sep 20 17:16:07 2003 
> > ICANN can seek specific performance of the agreement by Verisign, or
> > seek to terminate Verisign's contract as the .COM/.NET registry operator
> > and transfer the operation to a successor registry.
> 
> Quiet honestly I'd like to see all of the GTLD servers given to neutral
> companies, ones that ARE not registrars.  [...]

frankly i am mystified as to why icann awards registry contracts to
for-profit entities.  registrars can be for-profit, but registries should
be non-profit or public-trust or whatever that specific nation's laws allow
for in terms of requirements for open accounting, uniform dealing, and
nonconflict with the public's interest.
-- 
Paul Vixie