Save .org

#1

Post by jaden » Sat, Nov 23, 2019, 1:02 AM UTC

Save .org
savedotorg.org

Re: Save .org

#2

Post by netfl0 » Sat, Nov 23, 2019, 1:54 AM UTC

Does any one have a source for the rationale behind the sale? I was surprised it was even considered.

Re: Save .org

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Post by jdkee » Sat, Nov 23, 2019, 1:56 AM UTC

Again why does ISOC feel they have to do this? Are they starved for funding? This sale directly contravenes several of the founding ideals of the Internet.

Re: Save .org

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Post by chrisblackwell » Sat, Nov 23, 2019, 2:00 AM UTC

People. We are losing the Internet that we all love and care for so deeply. We all need to rise up to fight for the freedom the Internet gives us.

Re: Save .org

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Post by davidu » Sat, Nov 23, 2019, 2:06 AM UTC

This is essentially a hijacking of the DNS as far as I’m concerned. The sale of .org is heinous; And I’m an unabashed capitalist.

There is absolutely nothing defensible about this move that I can see.

Is there any argument that this is beneficial to anyone except Ethos and Internet Society? Is it even clear they have the right to sell it?

Has every person at ISOC submitted conflict statements? Are they willing to commit to never benefit financially from Ethos controlled entities for 10+ years?

Re: Save .org

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Post by danielfoster » Sat, Nov 23, 2019, 2:08 AM UTC

The entire domain system is a racket.

Re: Save .org

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Post by koolba » Sat, Nov 23, 2019, 2:08 AM UTC

How much does it actually cost to run a TLD?

Even with the usual governmental bureaucracy overhead I bet it’s be a rounding error. Seems a good fit for something like the UN to take over.

Re: Save .org

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Post by jonah-archive » Sat, Nov 23, 2019, 2:11 AM UTC

A couple additional things: EFF blog post on the topic: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/11/nonprofit-community-st...

Here's the initial letter being sent from EFF & others to ICANN and the Internet Society: https://www.eff.org/document/coalition-letter-sale-public-in...

(Disclaimer: I work for the Internet Archive, and we are one of the initial signatories to this letter.)

Re: Save .org

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Post by hliyan » Sat, Nov 23, 2019, 2:11 AM UTC

This feels unreal! How is this even happening? Domains are more like the airwaves than a commercial product. How can they do this??

Re: Save .org

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Post by jolmg » Sat, Nov 23, 2019, 2:11 AM UTC

Lots of distros are in .org aren't they? I see Arch, Debian, Gentoo, Fedora, Centos, OpenSuse, Raspbian, Damn Small Linux, Linux From Scratch, NixOS, Guix, OpenWRT, PfSense, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, OpenSolaris, Illumos, and probably lots, lots more.

GNU is also on .org.

Also languages, at least Python, Ruby, Haskell, Rust, Go, Clojure, Racket, Zsh, etc.

.org seems to be the go-to TLD for open source projects.