Re: [Ianaplan] Update on IANA Transition & Negotiations with ICANN

[Brian E Carpenter <[e-mail]>]

On 02/05/2015 06:32, Bernard Aboba wrote:
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> [BA] Just to be clear, the MOU was not incorporated as an appendix into the
> SLA that ICANN refused to sign, though of course the SLA is a supplemental
> agreement, being supplemental to the MOU, so that there is an implicit
> reference there.  So I don't think we can interpret ICANN's refusal to sign
> as a repudiation of the MOU (or even an indication that they would not
> agree to a similar Termination Clause at some point in the future).

Not only that. No doubt the IETF would respect the 6 months notice if it ever
came to that point, but termination is a unilateral action, and if the IETF
ever wanted to terminate, I'm sure we'd just do it and take our registries
elsewhere. That's why the clause was put there in the first place.

IMHO, being offered an alternative agreement that did not contain a
satisfactory termination clause would clearly be a valid reason to terminate.

   Brian