[clug] .com vs .org

[Scott Ferguson]

On 06/02/13 11:22, James Ring wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Scott Ferguson
> <scott.ferguson.clug at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 06/02/13 10:15, Robert Edwards wrote:
>>> On 05/02/13 22:58, Scott Ferguson wrote:

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> 
> What? Registrars don't need to check 501 status, there is no
> requirement to have a 501 registered entity to buy a .org. It is
> unrestricted like.com.
> 
> Regards,
> James
> 


Thanks for the correction.
.org. remains unrestricted

It was proposed to revert .org. to its intended non-profit only status
when ICANN took it back from (NSI) Verisign - but the move was defeated
by widespread protests