This is a serious allegation that merits investigation I think. See below. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Fleming" <jfleming@anet.com> To: <todd.glassey@worldnet.att.net> Cc: "krose@ntia. doc. gov" <krose@ntia.doc.gov>; "ksmith@ntia. doc. gov" <ksmith@ntia.doc.gov>; "mcade@att. com" <mcade@att.com>; "Eric. Menge@sba. gov" <Eric.Menge@sba.gov>; "Elisabeth. Porteneuve@cetp. ipsl. fr" <Elisabeth.Porteneuve@cetp.ipsl.fr>; "orobles@nic. mx" <orobles@nic.mx>; "Amadeu@nominalia. com" <Amadeu@nominalia.com>; "f. fitzsimmons@att. net" <f.fitzsimmons@att.net>; "ken. fockler@sympatico. ca" <ken.fockler@sympatico.ca>; "mkatoh@mkatoh. net" <mkatoh@mkatoh.net>; "hans@icann. org" <hans@icann.org>; "shkyong@kgsm. kaist. ac. kr" <shkyong@kgsm.kaist.ac.kr>; "andy@ccc. de" <andy@ccc.de>; "junsec@wide. ad. jp" <junsec@wide.ad.jp>; "quaynor@ghana. com" <quaynor@ghana.com>; "karl@cavebear. com" <karl@cavebear.com>; "linda@icann. org" <linda@icann.org>; "pindar@HK. Super. NET" <pindar@HK.Super.NET>; "vint cerf" <vcerf@MCI.NET>; "Richard J Sexton" <richard@vrx.net>; "@Quasar" <shore@quasar.net>; "Ellen Rony" <ellen@rony.com>; "Jay@Fenello. com" <Jay@Fenello.com>; "Jefsey Morfin" <jefsey@wanadoo.fr>; "Joanna Lane" <jo-uk@rcn.com>; "Simon Higgs" <simon@higgs.com>; "froomkin@law. miami. edu" <froomkin@law.miami.edu>; "love@cptech. org" <love@cptech.org>; "Judith Oppenheimer" <joppenheimer@icbtollfree.com>; "steve@stevecrocker. com" <steve@stevecrocker.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 9:03 AM Subject: on IPv4 variants... > http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/ietf/Current/msg15777.html > From: "todd glassey" <todd.glassey@worldnet.att.net> > > > - In the IPNG discussions, we decided to pursue IPv6 only. > > but if someone wanted to, would you have allowed them to persue a IPv4 > variant? > ---- > > Todd, > > People have clearly pursued "IPv4 variants" and the IETF does not like that. > The IETF censors people that design more useful protocols than their members. > After a period of time, the useful protocols then get renamed, with IETF members > claiming the invention and references to other people's work does not exist. > ICANN follows the same mentality. They walk all over other TLDs that exist and > assume they are the only game in town. They appeal to a brain-washed population > that has been told the I* society is the Internet. It is their way or the highway. > > Jim Fleming > > > >