That is a hair that need not be split.
The meaning and intent are perfectly clear.
And the meaning of abuse is varied enough, and ever changing, that it would not be wise to get bogged down in definitions.
Brian,
On Fri, May 09, 2014 at 02:55:47PM +0100, Brian Nisbet wrote:
All systems and mechanisms, technical and non-technical used to create, control and make money from network abuse.
to begin with, this sentence appears to fail grammatically even
in the original text. Does "create, control and make" really refer to "money"?
I also consider the new text over-broad. Without defining what "network abuse" is, you are potentially putting any commercial activity on the Internet under the remit of this WG.
While areas such as cybersquatting or hosting illegal content are not seen as a central part of the working group's remit, they are unquestionably bound up in other aspects of network abuse and, as such, may well be areas of interest."
This is a statement without any evidence to back it up. Why should "hosting illegal content" (illegal in which jurisdiction, under which
laws?) be "unquestionably" bound up with "other forms of network abuse"?
As an example from the RIPE service region, hosting a gay website is
now, AIUI, illegal in Russia. How, exactly, would this be "bound up with
other forms of network abuse"?
Without a clear definition, arrived at by way of consensus, of what "network abuse" is, I would strenuously object to such an expansion of
the scope of this WG.
rgds,
Sascha Luck