James, With all due respect,
> Noah > > The trend this issue has taken cannot be reversed. You just need to > embrace Govt influence however minimal or much. The writing is on the > wall and we have no choice as Ugandans to work out a Public Private > Partnership with Govt on this issue. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE. > Isnt the UIXP operating very well > with UCC's assistance? Why dont you want them to participate in this > process too? Please don't drag the UIXP into this. > > Wire > Regards, Kyle > > On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 16:02 +0300, Noah Sematimba wrote: > > > On Jul 6, 2010, at 12:08 PM, Wire James wrote: > > > > > McTim > > > > > > Thanks for quoting the RFC. However, just a quick reminder, while in > > > school, we were taught about evolution. What may not have been > > > anticipated at the start of this whole internet thing is probably > > > taking center stage. While the RFC may have been ideal for the > > > circumstances 15 years ago, alot of water has passed under the > > > bridge and the importance that these TLDs carry today can no longer > > > be under-estimated. While the principle of the RFC still applies > > > today, it should also be revised to integrate not only individuals > > > managing but also organisations. I dont see what is hard there > > > especially if it is the very internet community asking for this > > > change. If democracy be the virtue of what we do, then we can always > > > agree to modify what one man or a few select people envisaged > > > decades ago shouldnt be a problem at all. > > > > There is a very clear and open process for getting RFCs updated. > > Infact you can author a new draft, submit it to the IETF and get the > > relevant WGs to discuss it and possibly adopt it if there is > > consensus. ranting on this and other mailing lists will not change > > the RFC. > > > > > > > > My proposal is that lets engage UCC as civil society or private > > > sector and see to it that we achieve a middle ground on the issues > > > where our fears are manifesting. > > > > I find your trust in UCC very amusing. While many of the people in UCC > > are very nice as individuals and are even friends to many of us, we > > must not forget that they are employed by UCC which is a government > > body that MUST obey the instructions and orders of its political > > masters. So when you propose to allow the regulator a lot of control > > over an internet resource like the ccTLD, you are in effect allowing > > the politicians to them they report to control the resource. > > Personally the idea of allowing an politicians control over something > > like this is scary. > > > > We've seen what happens to free speech and open access to internet > > resources when the government of the day is given too much control > > over the internet. CHina and Iran are quite a clear example. I really > > do not see what would stop some zealous political apparatchik in the > > house at Nakasero from giving instructions to disable fdc.orug or > > jeema.or.ug during presidential campaigns... and no amount of > > apologies afterwards and dummy commissions would make any difference > > anyway! For those who would want to claim that those people would then > > simply go and register another domain in the com, net or org TLDs, > > you must consider that if a site becomes sufficiently popular, > > getting the information out to all the people who were previously > > using it is not a simple task. > > > > As for fears manifesting, I haven't yet seen any of these fears that > > are being talked about manifesting. All I see is a lot of speculation > > on what ifs.. > > > > Noah. _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
