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Consider that the majority of people aren't familiar with RFC 1591 -- I think that would nullify any argument that the use of a country code TLD is "misleading"

Consider that the majority of people aren't familiar with RFC 1591 -- I think that would nullify any argument that the use of a country code TLD is "misleading". Numerous countries in fact permit and promote international registration of their ccTLDs as a product for creative domain names, including .co (Colombia), .cc (Cocos islands), .fm (Federated States of Micronesia), and .it (Italy). And importantly, conventions change, and RFCs are a starting point for an evolving set of standards. .net isn't limited to "only the computers of network providers" as RFC 1591 states. Is everyone with a .net domain doing something incorrect?

afandian 13y ago
(It looks like I made my last edit after your reply.) Who wants to use my new Java library? It's in the namespace `java.util` because I like coffee and utilities. All I'm saying is that a domain name dedicated to a particular country can cause confusion if it turns out not to. I'm not saying you can't do it. Some are obvious (bit.ly) and some you don't know until you try (vagrantbox.es). I'm not advocating a hard-line approach, I'm just saying it can be confusing. And I personally think it's a shame (like I said, I know it's an unfashionable point of view. I'm not expecting to convince anyone). Corollary: What if I do want to register a domain about skill swapping in India? Do I have to put "India" in the name?