morrowind@lemmy.ml to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 days agoItch drama is getting reallemmy.mlimagemessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1819
arrow-up1819imageItch drama is getting reallemmy.mlmorrowind@lemmy.ml to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareGork@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up101·3 days agoWhat will happen to itch.io when the British get rid of their overseas Indian Ocean territory? Can they keep the .io Top Level Domain?
minus-squaresteventhedev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up64·2 days agoOnce the treaty is signed, the .io cctld will phase out over 5 years. Unless ICANN get greedy and grant an exemption.
minus-squarenixcamic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·2 days agoCould Mauritius choose to keep .io? The income it would bring in would probably be bigger than their GDP.
minus-squarestevedice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoYes. That’s not what the regulation says, but exceptions are made all the time.
minus-squarenixcamic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoYeah but they UK has like 5 other domains besides .io
minus-squaresteventhedev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoccTLDs are based on the ISO two letter country codes - it’s deferring the responsibility for cleaning up the British mess to ISO
minus-squarenixcamic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day 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-squaresteventhedev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day 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.
minus-squaremoosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 days agofor once I hope that you do get greedy
minus-squarexx3rawr@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 days agoWell Russia still kept .su after the USSR dissolved, so why not? It’s a convenient source of income.
What will happen to itch.io when the British get rid of their overseas Indian Ocean territory? Can they keep the .io Top Level Domain?
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
Well Russia still kept .su after the USSR dissolved, so why not? It’s a convenient source of income.