Hi Michael!

19 Oct 04, Michael Grant wrote to Vladimir Donskoy:

 VD>> FTS-0001 is real expired, no one of standart are acting for same
 VD>> years! Last standarts are acting for 2 years, but fts-0001 (.16) from
 VD>> 1995! So - FTS-0001 can not criteria for FIDONET members.

 MG> Myself and others have been trying for quite some time to get the FTSC to
 MG> do it's job and change FTS-0001 to reflect the reality of the network
 MG> today. They refuse to do so, and use some invalid excuse of a copyright
 MG> that bears no legal weight as an excuse not to do so.

What a pity.

 US>>> This and the layer incompatibility of part of todays fidonet
 US>>> connectivity aren't reflected by policy nor fts-0001. So these parts
 US>>> needs extensions to the fts-0001. The technical solution to bring
 US>>> different layers together is a gateway like a zone gateway. There is
 US>>> a leak between common practice and fts-0001 definition and this
 US>>> leaves room for any quarreling ...

 VD>> Yes. But revision must to be not only FTS, but all Policy.

 MG> That's been tried too, and quite recently. Your current zone has the
 MG> ability to single-handedly change policy, yet refuses to do so.

One zone for it is inadequate, but if (when) we will create zone for Russia
- this is can help to change Policy (it will have some tens of new RCs).

Vladimir

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