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[Jonah Aragon <jonaharagon AT gmail.com>]

.ll is the TLD that might be proposed that was referenced at the beginning of this thread by Simon Castano (and is the reason this discussion is happening). It represents the future TLD of Liberland. I don't know much about it but it's a "country-like entity" that may apply for .ll in the near future.

I agree with Jacob Bachmeyer's idea of specifically allowing contested or alt-nation ccTLDs that are not specifically designated by the standard but should be allowed. Either that or we'll have to stop peering with New Nations, which basically accomplished the same thing.

Jonah

On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 4:30 PM Aaron J. Angel <aaron.angel AT gmail.com> wrote:

SU is exceptionally reserved in 3316-1. I cannot find any reference for LL, and t does not seem to be delegated in the ICANN or OpenNIC roots; what is it?

On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 5:23 PM Jacob Bachmeyer <jcb62281 AT gmail.com> wrote:

Aaron J. Angel wrote:
> spaesani,
>
> You are correct that the RFC does not establish a list of two-letter
> codes to be used as ccTLDs. It also does not specify any more than a
> small number of gTLDs, yet we have plenty more than originally listed.
> It does, however, incorporate ISO 3316-1 alpha-2 by reference, which
> is also the only source for current two-letter TLDs. All other TLDs,
> even the new ones approved by ICANN, are more than two characters in
> length.
>
> I find it difficult to support any other use for two-letter TLDs given
> that the list of country codes is an external source that is subject
> to revision, especially one with whose author we have no qualms. This
> is similar to the problem of new but overlapping ICANN-approved gTLDs,
> except that OpenNIC has a strong disliking, I think, to the way ICANN
> approves new gTLDs. This is not the case with the ISO country codes.
>
> If your problem with limiting two-letter TLDs to ccTLDs is that we are
> absent a policy of disallowing any other use, I would be firmly on the
> side of establishing such a policy.

I had always believed that the RFCs required such a policy.  I support
adopting a "all two-letter TLDs are reserved for ccTLDs" policy, with
provisions that "country-like entities" may also be considered and that
previously assigned country codes may remain valid.  (This proviso
allows for .ll and .su to meet the criteria, for example.)

-- Jacob


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