Hi, On Jul 24, 2015, at 12:15 AM, John C Klensin <john-ietf@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> Ideally, ICANN ought to give IETF an opportunity to say "no, don't allocate that name" > I hesitate to think about what would > happen if we said "no", but assume it would involve > organizations trying to get their $300-$400K (each) back and > lawyers. Yep. In addition, it would probably result in the non-trivial political and economic forces endemic to ICANN interested in blocking a name (for whatever reason) redirecting their energies to the IESG (or whoever the IETF decides "we" are). After all, if they can't legitimately block a name through the ICANN processes, they'd get one last bite at the apple at the IETF. I'm guessing this probably isn't what folks in the IETF would want. Regards, -drc
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