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pnm
Posted on: Wed Jan 08, 2020 10:02 am
Posts: 3304 Joined: Thu May 12, 2011 11:58 pm
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about the possible .org sale
I'm following this story for a while now ..: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/tech ... attle.htmlhttps://tech.slashdot.org/story/19/11/1 ... it-companyhttps://tech.slashdot.org/story/20/01/0 ... y-transferBad news for all .org sites (un.org, npr.org, calcudoku.org ... ) (wikipedia.org, wordpress.org, mozilla.org, w3.org, archive.org, eff.org, etc. etc..)
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paulv66
Posted on: Wed Jan 08, 2020 10:42 am
Posts: 959 Location: Ukraine Joined: Tue Mar 01, 2016 10:03 pm
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Re: about the possible .org sale
That’s the first I’d heard of this! A worrying development, indeed.
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eclipsegirl
Posted on: Wed Jan 08, 2020 8:58 pm
Posts: 692 Joined: Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:20 pm
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Re: about the possible .org sale
That sucks. I am grateful you have posted this, but it is just wrong for this to happen,,
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fzpowerman47
Posted on: Wed Jan 08, 2020 9:38 pm
Posts: 82 Joined: Fri May 13, 2011 1:16 am
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Re: about the possible .org sale
What does that mean, in summary ? I didn't understand everything, my English isn't enough good ... :(
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pnm
Posted on: Mon Jan 13, 2020 9:51 am
Posts: 3304 Joined: Thu May 12, 2011 11:58 pm
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Re: about the possible .org sale
fzpowerman47 wrote: What does that mean, in summary ? I didn't understand everything, my English isn't enough good ... :( It means that the managing of .org domains is taken over (if the sale goes through) by an investment company, whose only priority is to make money. .org was originally intended for not-for-profit organizations, so a lot of them are on a .org domain (though this rule is not enforced). The fear is that the investment company will simply increase the annual registration fee to whatever amount they want. A recent move against this: https://news.slashdot.org/story/20/01/1 ... lternative
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fzpowerman47
Posted on: Mon Jan 13, 2020 7:51 pm
Posts: 82 Joined: Fri May 13, 2011 1:16 am
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Re: about the possible .org sale
ok, it's cool if there's a move against this
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pnm
Posted on: Fri May 01, 2020 11:03 am
Posts: 3304 Joined: Thu May 12, 2011 11:58 pm
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Re: about the possible .org sale
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paulv66
Posted on: Fri May 01, 2020 4:00 pm
Posts: 959 Location: Ukraine Joined: Tue Mar 01, 2016 10:03 pm
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Re: about the possible .org sale
That’s excellent news!
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eclipsegirl
Posted on: Fri May 01, 2020 7:11 pm
Posts: 692 Joined: Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:20 pm
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Re: about the possible .org sale
It is excellent news. :fireworks:
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bram
Posted on: Fri May 01, 2020 7:30 pm
Posts: 253 Joined: Tue May 24, 2011 4:55 pm
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Re: about the possible .org sale
lol "Ethos Capital" anyway, great news!
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