On Thu, Apr 10, 1997 at 03:31:59PM -0700, Michael Dillon wrote:
On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Karl Denninger wrote:
The rest of the organizations that have announced an intent to sign at a formal ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The IAHC has said they *SIGNED* the documents.
Intent and action are two different things Perry.
Grow up Karl! Hank Nussbacher said as follows:
Of the over 25 signatories (so far), MCI is just one. UUnet, Digital, France Telecom, EFF, are others that come to mind.
Hank is only one member of the IAHC and does not issue official statements.
But he lied. The EFF has said they *HAVE NOT* signed. In fact, according to the other people involved, *NONE* of those so-called signatories are in fact signatories at this point in time.
He's also human and can make mistakes. Maybe since English is not the only language he uses in his daily work, he missed some of the subtlety inherent in the word "signatory".
There is no subtlety in the word "signatory".
So the truth is that there are *TWO* signatures, one of which is bogus as IANA isn't an organization (and thus can't sign anything as "IANA"; Mr. Postel can sign the document as *JON POSTEL*, but not as the "IANA" as it is a task, not an organization).
Jon Postel can sign any document he darn well pleases under whatever rubric he darn well pleases to use. In particular, it is well known that Jon Postel is the official voice of IANA and is the one who makes official statements for IANA. This MoU looks a lot like an official statement to me.
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