Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web

[Eliot Lear <[e-mail]>]

Hi,

On 7/12/14, 8:34 AM, Seun Ojedeji wrote:

> I think this makes sense, also since IETF is not in anyway creating
> standards to make money directly from end users. Afterall IP addresses
> were at one point literally free before it became a business affair.
>

To me there are several aspects of stewardship to keep in mind.  Domain
names and unicast IP addresses are meant to be excludable resources. 
That is- if I pay for ofcourseimright.com, nobody else should have
access to the name.  The fee I pay serves two purposes: first and
foremost (at least in my mind) to see that in fact the resource is being
used, at least in some fashion.  The second purpose is to pay the
relatively nominal cost of administration of the IANA.

IETF protocol parameters registries are on the whole non-excludable
resources.  That I am using port 25 doesn't mean you can't; although the
purpose of port 25 is very clearly defined.  Should another registry be
created that has properties of excludable resources , then it should
probably be handled more like an IP address or a name.

Eliot