To:
Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine <brunner@nic-naa.net>
Cc:
Ted Hardie <hardie@qualcomm.com>, "'ietf-provreg@cafax.se'" <ietf-provreg@cafax.se>, jaap@sidn.nl, Edward Lewis <edlewis@arin.net>
From:
Edward Lewis <edlewis@arin.net>
Date:
Thu, 17 Apr 2003 10:04:25 -0400
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Subject:
Re: [ietf-provreg] legal entity vs individual person
As a co-chair, my thought is that the protocol should not be making a distinction between individuals and organizations. I don't have any novel reasons (with respect to what's been expressed on the list). The strongest reason to me is that such a distinction (e.g., is the postal address that of a one-person consultant firm or of that person) is a policy issue. I.e., for the WG, and just to simplify, "individual == corporation" here. I can't see why the protocol ought to worry over the distinction. We're talking the communication of the data here, not the policy over the data. I applaud EBW's attempts to enlighten us all on privacy, however, it seems that it's getting to be more like teaching pigs to sing, and I for one would rather oink and wallow in that mud pile over here by now. Yes, I'm being sarcastic, but seriously folks, I think the time has come to define what we have, document it, and see what the real world (that one with lawyers, contracts, and farmers) think. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Edward Lewis +1-703-227-9854 ARIN Research Engineer "I'm sorry, sir, your flight is delayed for maintenance. We are pounding out the dents from the last landing."