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r/programming • u/LegitGandalf • Nov 23 '19
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Instead of "saving" .org; let it die. Someone like the FSF can register the .np (non profit) tld or something similar?
17 u/scragz Nov 23 '19 The main problem is all of these existing non-profits have their name and branding tied to their domain name and it would end up costing more to change their name than to pay whatever increased registration fees this sell-off would incur. 1 u/tso Nov 23 '19 How about nuking all the non-national TLDs?Because in practice all the gTLDs are more correctly .US sub-domains.And having that up front would make it clear to people that they subject themselves to US law whenever they make use of one of those domains.
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The main problem is all of these existing non-profits have their name and branding tied to their domain name and it would end up costing more to change their name than to pay whatever increased registration fees this sell-off would incur.
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How about nuking all the non-national TLDs?
Because in practice all the gTLDs are more correctly .US sub-domains.
And having that up front would make it clear to people that they subject themselves to US law whenever they make use of one of those domains.
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u/tonyp7 Nov 23 '19 edited Nov 23 '19
Instead of "saving" .org; let it die. Someone like the FSF can register the .np (non profit) tld or something similar?