Re: Re-charter?

On Jul 1, 2005, at 1:54 PM, Jason Michael Canon wrote:

> My question is did a public policy debate result in a Congressional 
> law or FCC Regulation that permits
> the ITEM to craft enabling technology?

Someone has to pass a law before we get to develop a protocol?

What law permitted us to develop the Internet?

Please. We are not permitted to do things that law/regulation 
precludes. If law/regulation doesn't preclude something, we don't have 
to bow and scrape in front of a regulator to get permission to think 
about it.