ORG was *never* *ever* intended for NPOs, it's for any sort of "organization" that
can meet the technical requirements for running a domain and is not commercial, educational,
network infrastructure, or US government (.MIL included in that). That's the
only restriction. NPOs *can* register under .ORG, but so could anything else
that called itself an organization - a computer club, a family, anything. Taking
a subset of the original full set, that is, just taking NPOs, and saying they should
be the only sites allowed in .ORG and kicking everyone else out, is both contrary
to Postel's original intent, as documented in two RFCs (920 and 1591) and likely
legally actionable by the current leaseholders of .ORG domains.
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