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From: dennis@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Dennis Ferguson)
Subject: Re: UUPSI's new rules
Message-ID: <1991Mar22.023709.10582@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
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References: <1991Mar14.052623.26604@jpradley.jpr.com> <1991Mar14.170247.10965@uu.psi.com> <1991Mar18.023911.18805@jpradley.jpr.com> <1991Mar18.162458.6587@uu.psi.com> <b2ng7e.hkc@wang.com> <EMV.91Mar21155151@poe.aa.ox.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1991 02:37:09 GMT

In article <EMV.91Mar21155151@poe.aa.ox.com> emv@ox.com (Ed Vielmetti) writes:
>schoff@uu.psi.com (Martin Schoffstall) writes:
>> It is assumed that "place" is a registered corporation, limited partnership,
>> or some such for-profit entitity regulated inside some jurisdiction of the US
>> (like a State, commonwealth, or territory).  This organization is expected
>> to generate names under its registered domain "place.com".  No other
>> organization or individual is to generate names with this domain.
>
> not true.  my internet managers phonebook records a "pcs.com" which is
> in Germany.  I believe that the NIC will not refuse to register anyone
> in .com as long as they fill out the forms right.  They will refuse

I think the last sentence is true.  For further supporting examples, try
newbridge.com, sq.com, clarinet.com, sobeco.com and geac.com (this list
is hardly complete, just the ones that come to mind).

I also don't think I've ever seen constraints concerning what may be named
using the domain name documented anywhere, indeed the quote above is the
first I've heard of it.  References would be nice.

Dennis Ferguson
