[article] Are ISOC=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99s_claims_about_.org=E2=80=99s_?=history bogus?

[Ayden Férdeline]

A new piece of information about the history of .ORG and PIR has emerged in [this story](http://domainincite.com/25023-are-isocs-claims-about-orgs-history-bogus) in DomainIncite today (emphasis added):

"In 2001, when ICANN inked a deal with Verisign to spin off .org into a new registry, there was no ambiguity whatsoever.

In announcing the deal, ICANN said that it would “return the .org registry to its original purpose” and .org would return to “to its originally intended function as a registry operated by and for non-profit organizations”  ...

The prize was so potentially lucrative that Verisign even agreed to give a $5 million endowment — no questions asked — to the successor registry, for use relaunching or promoting .org.

The only catch was that the new registry had to be a non-profit. Commercial registries — Verisign competitors such as Neustar — wouldn’t get the money."

http://domainincite.com/25023-are-isocs-claims-about-orgs-history-bogus

Ayden Férdeline
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