<html><head></head><body>Oh dear. They actually gave them .SS?<br><br>Wow.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On December 4, 2021 10:18:26 AM EST, "Cynthia Revström" <me@cynthia.re> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre dir="auto" class="k9mail">Hi,<br><br>Not only is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code assigned but the ccTLD is<br>delegated to NORID's nameservers.<br>NORID also makes it pretty clear that they are not interested in<br>selling the TLD, and I suspect that might very well mirror the<br>position of the Norwegian government.<br>While something like another country is a different thing to just a<br>company wanting to profit from a TLD, it still seems unlikely to me.<br><br>Another example: back in 2011 when South Sudan gained independence,<br>they got an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code which was "SS" which could<br>understandably have some problems given historical context for that<br>letter combination.[1]<br><br>So not getting "BV" is a pretty minor thing in comparison to that, IMHO.<br>There are many countries/geographical entities that have far from<br>perfect ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes.<br>I think pretty much all codes ending in an X is because there were no<br>better ones available. (I am not certain on this part though)<br><br>[1]: <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sudan-independence-idUSTRE75S4A520110629">https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sudan-independence-idUSTRE75S4A520110629</a><br><br>-Cynthia<br><br>On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 12:17 PM Jaap Akkerhuis <jaap@nlnetlabs.nl> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"><br> "Jay R. Ashworth" writes:<br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #ad7fa8; padding-left: 1ex;">----- Original Message -----<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #8ae234; padding-left: 1ex;">From: "David Conrad" <drc@virtualized.org><br></blockquote><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #8ae234; padding-left: 1ex;"> Jay,<br><br> On Dec 3, 2021, at 4:46 PM, Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;">In general I could I understand that, but it is my understanding that the domain<br>is still marked reserved at the Secretariat,<br></blockquote><br> Sorry, which secretariat? As far as I know, the official status of ISO 3166-1<br> Alpha 2 codes is specified by the ISO-3166 Maintenance Agency and listed on the<br> ISO website (the “online browsing platform” output for BV being the URL I<br> provided).<br></blockquote><br> The ISO 3166 secretariat, yes.<br></blockquote><br> It is no makred as reserved but assigned.<br><br> jaap<br></blockquote></pre></blockquote></div><div style='white-space: pre-wrap'><div class='k9mail-signature'>-- <br>Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.</div></div></body></html>