Just as a reminder, there is https://freedns.afraid.org/ too..with lots of free domains.
Eu.org, free domain names since 1996
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Re: Eu.org, free domain names since 1996
#12Looks like they are providing subdomains and sub-subdomains, not domains.
Everything is a subdomain under the root domain, i.e. the dot (".") in a FQDN
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
What traditional sense?
> What traditional sense? In the sense of renting != owning
Na it's not really true, you don't rent it (the name), you pay for the administrative work, you still ~have the namerights, like google.com...they own that name, because they are the "creator" of it.
Re: Eu.org, free domain names since 1996
#14Looks like they are providing subdomains and sub-subdomains, not domains.
If they delegate it to a nameserver you specify, is it much different to a domain?
I am assuming they delegate in this manner, as opposed to some free web hosts who would host the nameservers and essentially just let you set A records.
Would you say that example.nsw.gov.au is a domain or a subdomain?
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#15Re: Eu.org, free domain names since 1996
#16Looks like they are providing subdomains and sub-subdomains, not domains.
What's the difference for an end user except for the extra dot?
Isn't that the same with co.uk or com.au?
Americans may find that inconvenient, more radical tongues call it a sign of US imperialism that .com is often associated with the home for US companies.
Right, technically and probably legally there was a list of domains that you cannot register because they act as a "top-level" like co.uk. Not sure how official and how correct the list is.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
What traditional sense?
With traditional ownership, you can pay a lump sum of money for something up front, and then it's yours forever unless you decide to get rid of it. With domains, you have to keep paying over and over or your "ownership" gets revoked.
Ownership rights vary from culture to culture and from country to country. Even in the US you don't get to own something forever, you get to own it until someone takes it off you to build a shopping mall for example.
In most countries, leased property is often referred to as "owned", yet you have to keep paying over and over to renew that lease.
Re: Eu.org, free domain names since 1996
#18> individuals should be able to have and own their own domain names We should probably remember that no-one "owns" a domain, at least not in the traditional sense of ownership.
What traditional sense?
A traditional sense that makes no sense for intangible concepts like a domain name.
Re: Eu.org, free domain names since 1996
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
> What traditional sense? In the sense of renting != owning
Na it's not really true, you don't rent it (the name), you pay for the administrative work, you still ~have the namerights, like google.com...they own that name, because they are the "creator" of it.
> you pay for the administrative work
If you were truly buying a domain name, the administrative work would be one-time, indeed one might think the entire overhead of maintaining a registry would be significantly less.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
What traditional sense?
You lease it, you don't buy it. Like an appartment. Can lease it, or purchase it.
Devil’s advocate: the appartement or land you own still requires paying annual government taxes (and sometimes various other fees) in most places.