Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: LibreOfficeForum.org is now functioning

On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 07:28 -0400, Marc Paré wrote:
> Just out of curiosity, are you able to register the country specific 
> domain even if you are not a citizen of that country? I know that with a 
> ".ca" (Canada) domain, that you agree to a testament citing your 
> citizenship to Canada -- legally binding. If you are not, you may be 
> contested freely and you would, more than likely, lose that .ca domain. 
> People don't have to actually need the particular domain being 
> contested, but simply report the fact that a person, who is not a 
> citizen of that country, has registered a country domain without having 
> proper citizenry.
>
> I thought that most countries had adopted this method.
>
> This is different, if for example, you are a registered entity 
> worldwide, which is quite expensive. I believe, this is what the 
> DocumentFoundation hopes to do. Which is why they have expressed their 
> hope that the DocumentFoundation.(countrycode) domain holders will later 
> pass-on (donate) back these to the foundation -- once they have legal 
> entity arranged for that country.

I think that in Australia you (or your company/organisation) must have
some connection with the name you want to register. If it's not your
personal name, you need to provide documentary evidence of a registered
business name or something similar. It's been awhile since I tried to
register a .au name, though, so things could have changed. And I don't
know if you must be a citizen or resident as well.

--Jean

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