TL;DR: Purchase funded by debt, includes another ex-ICANNer, will be done through four different companies.
Some highlights that I think are important from it:
Incredibly, the names of three directors of the organization that will buy the registry remain redacted in documents published by ICANN [PDF] this month, despite the three entities pushing the sale – PIR, ISOC and Ethos Capital – claiming that publication of the information is “unprecedented” and they are “strong believers in the power of transparency.”
The rationale given for the removal of director names is that it was based “on the principles set forth in ICANN’s Documentary Information Disclosure Policy (DIDP)” – a bizarre claim that has nothing to do with the issues at hand and which ICANN has refused to discuss.
As well as refusing to supply the names of those in overall charge, the three companies have also refused to publish the “underlying equity purchase agreement, sensitive financial information, corporate organizational information, draft organizational documents, documentation provided to governmental entities and certain supporting contractual documents.”
Purchasing with debt is pretty standard in finance, so I don't think there's anything useful in that factoid. ...also, if I controlled .org, I would also want to remain anonymous - there are crazy people out there on the internet.
I think the underlying problem is that this is being allowed at all. domains that we've registered as .org and hence expected non-interference with, are now under the control of a private corporation.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/14/icann_org_redacted/
TL;DR: Purchase funded by debt, includes another ex-ICANNer, will be done through four different companies.
Some highlights that I think are important from it:
Incredibly, the names of three directors of the organization that will buy the registry remain redacted in documents published by ICANN [PDF] this month, despite the three entities pushing the sale – PIR, ISOC and Ethos Capital – claiming that publication of the information is “unprecedented” and they are “strong believers in the power of transparency.”
The rationale given for the removal of director names is that it was based “on the principles set forth in ICANN’s Documentary Information Disclosure Policy (DIDP)” – a bizarre claim that has nothing to do with the issues at hand and which ICANN has refused to discuss.
As well as refusing to supply the names of those in overall charge, the three companies have also refused to publish the “underlying equity purchase agreement, sensitive financial information, corporate organizational information, draft organizational documents, documentation provided to governmental entities and certain supporting contractual documents.”