Re: [ga] The ALAC has a new website

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sotiris and all former DNSO GA members or other interested stakeholders/users,

Good remarks here Sotiris.  After reviewing the web site briefly, I also noticed
that formatting was done poorly as well.  Seems that the webmaster is on
a slow and tedious learning curve and/or the ICANNALAC is not well
funded so it can hire a more technically adept Webmaster.

sotiris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Allow me to add a few technical comments on their site, plus one legal
> remark:
>
> 1. The 'webmaster' for icannalac.org is obviously not well-versed in CSS,
> nor in the use of the opensource Mambo CMS the site is built with; so much
> for 'technical expertise'... but even more disturbing:
>
> 2. The new ALAC site (icannalac.org) is in violation of the GNU GPL terms
> of use for the Mambo CMS. On the Mambo CMS site it is explicitly stated
> that "You may NOT alter the license and you must NOT alter the copyright."
> (See:
> http://help.mamboserver.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=105&Itemid=62)
> The icannalac.org site is in clear violation of this condition, the ALAC
> 'webmaster' removed the copyright notice from the footer which ought to
> read: " Miro International Pty Ltd. © 2000 - 2005 All rights reserved.
> Mambo is Free Software released under the GNU/GPL License." This is
> actually a fraud, just like the entire ALAC itself (i.e. trying to pass
> itself off as legitimate and distinct).
>
> So, we know that the ALAC is lacking technical proficiency and...
> scruples.  What more needs be said?  Shame!
>
> Sotiris Sotiropoulos
>
> >> comments anyone?
> >
> > Yup - the ALAC has clearly lost its way very badly.  It's recited purpose
> > on the bottom of the web page raises it to the level of a body that makes
> > recommendations on questions of ICANN policy.  The ALAC seems to have
> > forgotten that they are merely an interim body and that it's primary
> > purpose is to construct ICANN's byzantine ALAC structures and
> > organizations, a job that has spectacularly failed.
> >
> >               --karl--
> >
> >

Regards,

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