Re: [gnso-vi-feb10]

[Jon Nevett <jon@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric:

Our charter should not be determining the utility or necessity of an entity 
competing in a marketplace.  If an affiliate of the .foo registry wants to sell 
.com, .org, or .cat names, hosting products, SSL certificates, etc. -- who 
cares?  That is a business decision for that registry.  The marketplace will 
determine whether there is utility or necessity in that decision.  If it 
doesn't harm competition or hurt the public interest, we have no business 
meddling. 

Thanks.

Jon

On Apr 23, 2010, at 8:41 AM, Eric Brunner-Williams wrote:

> Jon,
> 
> I agree that restricting a registry-affiliate selling names as a
> registrar of a non-affiliated registry restricts something, for
> whatever reason.
> 
> But what is the utility, the necessity, for this particular activity?
> 
> It can't help the .foo registry, unless profits from selling .com are
> necessary to help the registry sell .foo.
> 
> Is that the use case that is being advanced?
> 
> Eric