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[Bryon Eldridge <barkerjr AT barkerjr.net>]

I would be sad if I had a small business in Brittany and couldn't use
this TLD for my site.  Maybe it'd be better to say non-commercial
unless you're an entity located within Brittany.  This would be like
the restrictions on .us, .fr, etc., except only applicable to
commercial users.  I think this arrangement would cover the concerns
below while not shutting out a large portion of users.

On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Jeff Taylor <shdwdrgn AT sourpuss.net> wrote:
> Exactly... each TLD is a guideline towards what sort of content you may
> find.  In my opinion, the desire to restrict commercial interests from the
> namespace is simply an attempt to keep websites on topic.  Without this
> restriction, you might find a store that sells mostly SciFi items, but they
> could argue that they are within the charter because they also sell a
> coloring-book with celtic knotworks.  By limiting the TLD to non-commercial
> websites, you keep the topic of the websites within a more defined area -
> discussions, opinions, events and gatherings.