SAC090: SSAC Advisory on the Stability of the Domain Namespace
Dear WG Members, On 21 August 2018, the Cherine Chalaby, Chair of the ICANN Board, informed Heather Forrest, Chair of the GNSO, that the Board had passed a resolution on 23 June 2018 to accept SAC090, amongst other SSAC Advice Documents (see the letter here: https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/chalaby-to...); accordingly, Heather informed Cheryl and Jeff of the letter. Accompanying the acceptance of SAC090 was a request from the Board that the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG consider that advice in the course of its work. The letter references the Board’s scorecard, which includes rationale for the Board’s request (see here: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/bm/briefing-materials-2-redacted-23jun..., with consideration of SAC090 starting on page 22). While the PDP WG has already considered SAC090 in its deliberations (e.g., in consideration of Reserved Names and Name Collisions), the Co-Chairs would like to put this item on the 10 September WG meeting agenda to ensure that the recommendations are thoroughly addressed. Best, Steve Steven Chan Policy Director, GNSO Support ICANN 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 Mobile: +1.310.339.4410 Office Telephone: +1.310.301.5800 Office Fax: +1.310.823.8649 Find out more about the GNSO by taking our interactive courses and visiting the GNSO Newcomer pages. Follow @GNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ICANN_GNSO Follow the GNSO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/icanngnso/ http://gnso.icann.org/en/
Dear Steve: I find that, recently, Adobe has been requiring us to create a kind of personal 'membership' of Adobe before allowing us to open a .PDF file. The potential ramifications are far reaching. If we all continue to use .PDF files to communicate substantial documents (as I have also done so until recently) then in due course the whole of the ICANN community will have to become nolens volens 'members' of Adobe. Is that OK? I am worried about it. Has ICANN anything to say to Adobe about this? Just a thought CW
El 30 de agosto de 2018 a las 18:27 Steve Chan <steve.chan@icann.org> escribió:
Dear Christopher, I would start by saying that this is beyond my realm of expertise and I am certainly in no position to opine on ICANN’s relationship with Adobe and/or the use of PDF. I am also not familiar with the specific issue that you are encountering. That said, my understanding of the primary reason that many of us use PDF in the ICANN community is based in its portability, in that you have many choices of software to open a PDF and will more or less have the same viewing experience as others. Perhaps you might want to try a different software option? I am happy to defer to others on this topic. Best, Steve From: "lists@christopherwilkinson.eu Wilkinson" <lists@christopherwilkinson.eu> Reply-To: "lists@christopherwilkinson.eu Wilkinson" <lists@christopherwilkinson.eu> Date: Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 1:39 PM To: "gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org" <gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org>, Steve Chan <steve.chan@icann.org> Cc: "cw@christopherwilkinson.eu" <cw@christopherwilkinson.eu> Subject: [Ext] Adobe, and .PDF files … Dear Steve: I find that, recently, Adobe has been requiring us to create a kind of personal 'membership' of Adobe before allowing us to open a .PDF file. The potential ramifications are far reaching. If we all continue to use .PDF files to communicate substantial documents (as I have also done so until recently) then in due course the whole of the ICANN community will have to become nolens volens 'members' of Adobe. Is that OK? I am worried about it. Has ICANN anything to say to Adobe about this? Just a thought CW El 30 de agosto de 2018 a las 18:27 Steve Chan <steve.chan@icann.org> escribió:
Christopher, I open loads on ICANN-sent PDFs on several devices and have never encountered anything remotely akin to what you describe. It would be useful if you can give an example of a specific file and where it was fetched from (ie its URL) or what e-mail it was attached to so we can see if the problem is unique to you or more widespread. Alan At 30/08/2018 04:39 PM, lists@christopherwilkinson.eu Wilkinson wrote:
Dear Steve:
I find that, recently, Adobe has been requiring us to create a kind of personal 'membership' of Adobe before allowing us to open a .PDF file. The potential ramifications are far reaching.
If we all continue to use .PDF files to communicate substantial documents (as I have also done so until recently) then in due course the whole of the ICANN community will have to become nolens volens 'members' of Adobe.
Is that OK? I am worried about it. Has ICANN anything to say to Adobe about this?
Just a thought
CW
El 30 de agosto de 2018 a las 18:27 Steve Chan <steve.chan@icann.org> escribió:
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I have also seen and downloaded many .pdf. I never had to register to see or download. But if there is any part done that is necessary, it is convenient to know and "claim". Regards Alberto De: Gnso-newgtld-wg <gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org> En nombre de Alan Greenberg Enviado el: jueves, 30 de agosto de 2018 09:56 p.m. Para: lists@christopherwilkinson.eu Wilkinson <lists@christopherwilkinson.eu>; gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org; Steve Chan <steve.chan@icann.org> CC: cw@christopherwilkinson.eu Asunto: Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] Adobe, and .PDF files Christopher, I open loads on ICANN-sent PDFs on several devices and have never encountered anything remotely akin to what you describe. It would be useful if you can give an example of a specific file and where it was fetched from (ie its URL) or what e-mail it was attached to so we can see if the problem is unique to you or more widespread. Alan At 30/08/2018 04:39 PM, lists@christopherwilkinson.eu <mailto:lists@christopherwilkinson.eu> Wilkinson wrote: Dear Steve: I find that, recently, Adobe has been requiring us to create a kind of personal 'membership' of Adobe before allowing us to open a .PDF file. The potential ramifications are far reaching. If we all continue to use .PDF files to communicate substantial documents (as I have also done so until recently) then in due course the whole of the ICANN community will have to become nolens volens 'members' of Adobe. Is that OK? I am worried about it. Has ICANN anything to say to Adobe about this? Just a thought CW El 30 de agosto de 2018 a las 18:27 Steve Chan <steve.chan@icann.org <mailto:steve.chan@icann.org> > escribió: _______________________________________________ Gnso-newgtld-wg mailing list Gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org <mailto:Gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-newgtld-wg
I have never encountered such a problem in general use, but have seen a personal account in use when PDFs are used to distribute copy-restricted content (in my case, it was a paid magazine subscription that required personal credentials). Needless to say, I stopped accessing it after the first time. According to https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/acrobat/about-adobe-pdf.html, "...PDF is now an open standard maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)", and nothing prevents us from using alternative readers/renderers to render PDF files on any platform (as is usually the case in Linux). satish On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 7:17 AM, Alberto Soto <alberto@soto.net.ar> wrote:
I have also seen and downloaded many .pdf. I never had to register to see or download. But if there is any part done that is necessary, it is convenient to know and "claim".
Regards
Alberto
*De:* Gnso-newgtld-wg <gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org> *En nombre de *Alan Greenberg *Enviado el:* jueves, 30 de agosto de 2018 09:56 p.m. *Para:* lists@christopherwilkinson.eu Wilkinson < lists@christopherwilkinson.eu>; gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org; Steve Chan < steve.chan@icann.org> *CC:* cw@christopherwilkinson.eu *Asunto:* Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] Adobe, and .PDF files
Christopher, I open loads on ICANN-sent PDFs on several devices and have never encountered anything remotely akin to what you describe. It would be useful if you can give an example of a specific file and where it was fetched from (ie its URL) or what e-mail it was attached to so we can see if the problem is unique to you or more widespread.
Alan
At 30/08/2018 04:39 PM, lists@christopherwilkinson.eu Wilkinson wrote:
Dear Steve:
I find that, recently, Adobe has been requiring us to create a kind of personal 'membership' of Adobe before allowing us to open a .PDF file. The potential ramifications are far reaching.
If we all continue to use .PDF files to communicate substantial documents (as I have also done so until recently) then in due course the whole of the ICANN community will have to become *nolens volens *'members' of Adobe.
Is that OK? I am worried about it. Has ICANN anything to say to Adobe about this?
Just a thought
CW
El 30 de agosto de 2018 a las 18:27 Steve Chan <steve.chan@icann.org> escribió:
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