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by PartiallyTyped 670 days ago
I thought .com was for "commercial".
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dsr_ 670 days ago
.com is for .com. You can interpret it any way you'd like and it doesn't make a difference to anyone who isn't currently interested in the history of DNS.

My preferred reading is .com for commonlymisinterpretedbypeoplewhodonotreadrfcsbutitdoesnotmatterintheslightest, which is a Welsh word meaning "oddly shaped sheep".

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8organicbits 670 days ago
Isn't that proposed in RFC 920?

> Commercial, any commercial related domains meeting the second level requirements.

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc920#page-2

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