Re: PAB nIANA facts

Masataka Ohta (mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp)
Mon, 15 Jun 98 7:39:41 JST


Bob Helfant;

> >Kent;
> >The point is that with ISOC already incorporated no one need IANA
> >incorporated.
>
> My questioning this position went back a forth a few times with Perry, but
> I didn't understand the reasoning. ISOC has no legal connections to the
> new IANA.

No, ISOC has no legal connections to a US-local IANA, of course.

> Why does ISOC being incorporated remove the need for IANA to be
> incorporated.

Because the current IANA is already under ISOC, Inc.

> I see them as completely seperate from each other in the
> next incarnation of IANA.

ISOC should be completely separated from an attempt of the next
incarnation of IANA.

Masataka Ohta