Why is .gov only for US government agencies?

Donald Eastlake d3e3e3 at gmail.com
Sun Oct 19 12:42:13 UTC 2014


Why is the Greek flag always flow at the Olympics as well as the
Olympic and host nation flags? Why is Britain the only country
allowed, under Universal Postal Union regulations to have no national
identification on its stamps used in international mail? Basically, if
you are first, you tend to get extra privileges. Same with .gov for
the US government.

Thanks,
Donald
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On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 8:05 AM, Matthew Petach <mpetach at netflight.com> wrote:
> Wondering if some of the long-time list members
> can shed some light on the question--why is the
> .gov top level domain only for use by US
> government agencies?  Where do other world
> powers put their government agency domains?
>
> With the exception of the cctlds, shouldn't the
> top-level gtlds be generically open to anyone
> regardless of borders?
>
> Would love to get any info about the history
> of the decision to make it US-only.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Matt



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