April 10, 2016
5:01 p.m.
The rules that created the original TLDs were supposed to apply recursively to all nodes in the tree. But that principle was abandoned at least two decades ago. On 04/10/2016 05:34 PM, Andrew Sullivan wrote:
If the CCWG's current position stands, then there is no reason that ICANN cannot make rules at parts of the tree for which it has no responsibility. It could make a rule requiring me to add some.stupid.label.anvilwalrusden.com, and there would be no reason in principle that it didn't have that authority. But it does not.
Moreover, this retreat by the CCWG is not consistent with the approved document. The bylaw text and the CCWG proposal are substantively different.
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