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[-] cinaed666@kbin.social 176 points 1 year ago

The fact that people were registering .ml domains for projects like this is mindboggling. There are many TLDs to pick from without infringing on the terms of use of a country-specific one.

[-] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 65 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My thoughts exactly. You should not be choosing TLDs that are volatile to upsets like this. Stick with the tried and true .com or .net, or one of the new TLDs that are not bound to a nation (unless you can comply with the stipulations) or particular type of organization.

[-] exu@feditown.com 31 points 1 year ago

Or if you absolutely have to, choose the TLD of a country you live in.

[-] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That works, too. I'm on lemmy.ca. Buying a .ca domain requires confirmation of citizenship or other qualification before you can even use it.

[-] BaconIsAVeg@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Back in the day, like early 90's when they were managed by the university, they also hand reviewed each request. I had a customer with a registered company name something like "Wood Supplies Canada Inc." and they wanted "woodsuppliescanada.ca". They rejected it because "...canada.ca" was superfluous ...

[-] skiguy0123@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

If I remember correctly it's an honor system thing. You need to declare your a citizen or PR or something

[-] TheGayTramp@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

You don’t even need to be a citizen or PR, you just need to have “a Canadian presence”, which can be as simple as owning a trademark registered in Canada

[-] exu@feditown.com 2 points 1 year ago

Other countries have different requirements so it's good to always check in any case.

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