@morrowind@lemmy.ml to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 5 months agoItch drama is getting reallemmy.mlimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1666arrow-down17
arrow-up1659arrow-down1imageItch drama is getting reallemmy.ml@morrowind@lemmy.ml to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 5 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-square@steventhedev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink50•5 months agoOnce the treaty is signed, the .io cctld will phase out over 5 years. Unless ICANN get greedy and grant an exemption.
minus-square@nixcamic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink15•5 months agoCould Mauritius choose to keep .io? The income it would bring in would probably be bigger than their GDP.
minus-squareSteve DicelinkfedilinkEnglish6•5 months agoYes. That’s not what the regulation says, but exceptions are made all the time.
minus-square@nixcamic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•5 months agoYeah but they UK has like 5 other domains besides .io
minus-square@steventhedev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•5 months agoccTLDs are based on the ISO two letter country codes - it’s deferring the responsibility for cleaning up the British mess to ISO
minus-square@nixcamic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•5 months agoBut why did the Indian ocean territories ever have an ISO country code, they were never a country? It doesn’t make sense that a territory should lose its TLD just cause it changes countries.
minus-square@steventhedev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•5 months agoHalf grandfathered in from a period when UK was a commonwealth, and ANZAC were not technically independent. ISO-3166-1 has a lot of “countries” that aren’t actually independent - but useful to have codes for because they are geographically distinct.
Once the treaty is signed, the .io cctld will phase out over 5 years.
Unless ICANN get greedy and grant an exemption.
Could Mauritius choose to keep .io? The income it would bring in would probably be bigger than their GDP.
Yes. That’s not what the regulation says, but exceptions are made all the time.
Nope. They already have .mu
Yeah but they UK has like 5 other domains besides .io
ccTLDs are based on the ISO two letter country codes - it’s deferring the responsibility for cleaning up the British mess to ISO
But why did the Indian ocean territories ever have an ISO country code, they were never a country? It doesn’t make sense that a territory should lose its TLD just cause it changes countries.
Half grandfathered in from a period when UK was a commonwealth, and ANZAC were not technically independent.
ISO-3166-1 has a lot of “countries” that aren’t actually independent - but useful to have codes for because they are geographically distinct.
for once I hope that you do get greedy