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no, .org is reserved for organizations that aren't dedicated to making money. size isn't relevant. let me turn the question around: why should Ethos get .org
by philsnow 7y ago
no, .org is reserved for organizations that aren't dedicated to making money. size isn't relevant.
let me turn the question around: why should Ethos get .org? make them drum up support for some new TLD. This is purely, purely a cash grab, allowed by regulatory capture, and it should be stopped.
- dr_dshiv 7y agoWhat does "reserved" mean? Anyone can buy a .org. There isn't any actual restriction. Well, let's say that a mission driven for profit corporation could ensure that .org owners aren't for-profit -- and do a better job than the current committee. Should they be allowed a .org? In my world, I'd say no, since I'd prefer that .orgs are actually restricted to non corporates.
- philsnow 7y ago> What does "reserved" mean? Anyone can buy a .org. There isn't any actual restriction. Fair point. The "restriction" was really a recommendation (from RFC 920 in 1985, in a more polite time on the nascent "internet"). > [...] Should they be allowed a .org? Who cares? The cat is out of the bag. As of today there are 1514 TLDs [0]. .mil and .gov should still have some requirements, but .org, .net, .com (and almost all the other TLDs) are all effectively the same thing. [0] http://stats.research.icann.org/dns/tld_report/ http://stats.research.icann.org/dns/tld_report/
- EvanAnderson 7y agoWhat "recommendation" are you referring to from RFC 920? All I see is: ORG = Organization, any other domains meeting the second level requirements. I see nothing about not-for-profit or money mentioned at all in RFC 920. There are occurrences of the word "commercial", but they're all in reference to the COM domain. The ORG domain is only referred-to as being for "Organizations".
- C1sc0cat 7y agoNo its not its anything else, this was one of the problems in the process before this one.