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From: mckee@COMMUNITY-CHEST.MITRE.ORG (H. Craig McKee)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso
Subject: Re: OSI Registration.
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Date: 22 Feb 90 18:54:21 GMT
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>From: elroy.jpl.nasa....lethe!geac!joey@decwrl.  (Joey DeWiele)
>Organization: Geac Computer Corporation
>Subject: OSI Registration.
> ....
>First of all, it seems to me that organizations already have legal title
>to their names, and *reregistration* for the purpose of OSI seems 
>unnecessary. ....
> ....
>It seems that the only way that a government organization could run a string
>name registration authority is if it maintains that registration of the 
>name *has no legal consequences whatsoever*, and is in otherwords meaningless.

Perhaps I'm naive but it all seems quite innocent to me.

I agree you own the name Geac Computer Corporation.

You are not obligated to use Western Union or (Bell) Yellow Pages or 
the library or credit cards or OSI networks/services; but if you do 
use them, you have to "register" with the appropriate authority.
Is it your concern that the Government, rather than some other entity,
will be the appropriate authority for OSI Registration?

Regards - Craig