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Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies?
From: "Mike." <the.lists () mgm51 com>
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 09:51:27 -0400
On 10/19/2014 at 8:13 AM Jimmy Hess wrote: |[snip] |So then, why aren't .EDU and .GOV just allowed to continue to exist |but a community decision made to require whichever registry will be |contracted to manage .GOV to accept registrations from _all_ |government entities regardless of nationality ? | |In otherwords, rejection of the idea that a registry operating GTLD |namespace can be allowed to impose overly exclusive "eligibility |criteria" ============= I'd rather see .gov (and by implication, .edu) usage phased out and replaced by country-specific domain names (e.g. fed.us). imo, the better way to fix an anachronism is not to bend the rules so the offenders are not so offensive, but to bring the offenders into compliance with the current rules.
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- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? Joe Greco (Oct 19)
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- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? Valdis . Kletnieks (Oct 20)
- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? shawn wilson (Oct 20)
- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? Valdis . Kletnieks (Oct 20)
- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? shawn wilson (Oct 20)
- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? Barry Shein (Oct 20)
- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? David Conrad (Oct 21)
- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? Doug Barton (Oct 21)
- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? Sandra Murphy (Oct 21)
- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? Peter Kristolaitis (Oct 21)
- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? Jimmy Hess (Oct 19)