morrowind@lemmy.ml to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 18 days agoItch drama is getting reallemmy.mlimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1535arrow-down16
arrow-up1529arrow-down1imageItch drama is getting reallemmy.mlmorrowind@lemmy.ml to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 18 days agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareGork@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up56·18 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-up32arrow-down1·18 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-up11·18 days agoCould Mauritius choose to keep .io? The income it would bring in would probably be bigger than their GDP.
minus-squarenixcamic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 days agoYeah but they UK has like 5 other domains besides .io
minus-squaresteventhedev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 days 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-up1·17 days 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-up1·16 days 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.
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.
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.