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www.YourOpenSourceProject.cx is Free
The_Jazzman writes, "Nic.cx is now offering completely free domains to those with open-source projects. Check out
FAQ question 2.16."
CX is Christmas Island. They're running on free software and want to give back to the community. Serious inquiries only, please. Don't abuse their kindness.
This is absolutely wonderful. I'm glad to see that Cx is doing what others wont. Perhaps a new net extension of .open or .source could be added and provided free of charge too. Hell, they wanna do .shop and many others, so why not one for us? The unsung heres of the *nix community! Might be nice to have a donation driven server which hosts open source and other non-profit sites on a donation basis only... Any takers?
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Just a quick question, is there any word on any more stringent policy for what is or isn't a valid Open Source project? It seems fair enough that they are saying a) If we give you a domain we aren't going to rip it off you except for damn good reasons and b) we are trying to help out Open Source projects, but I'm just a little wary that it's a little open to abuse (Hello LinuxOne!), as it's at least a by default endorsement that you are running a legit Open Source project.
I know I sound paranoid (please! It's late where I live!), and this is a nice idea, I just don't want the cons to out way the pros here.
Would an explicit mention on the website with regards to what license your software is under (ie. GPL, BSD etc.) be enough?
Just wondering.....
Okay, who asked Santa last christmas for a free domain?
- Peter Brodersen; professional nerd
Darn. Now I'm feeling old.
Not to be a complete wet blanket, but am I the only one that thinks using domain names as resource locators is wrong? I appreciate what they're doing, but in the end, we're not helping things by propogating the idea that a domain name must be inherently attached to something (often, the ONLY thing) it's named after?
Almost all of our DNS problems come from the misguided attempt of people to solve the "location" problem via domain names. People, that's not what DNS is for, period, end of argument.
Instead of caving to the masses, why aren't we working towards the real solution, a Content Registration System. Yahoo and all the portals are the first step, but really, folks, they're pretty primitive. The web spiders can no longer index the web (it's too big, and changes too fast). Rather, shouldn't we have some central place for people to register their sites? By that, I mean the content of their sites? And perhaps, provide periodic updates of their content indexes?
Sorry for the rant, and I realize this isn't exactly on topic, but DNS is really creaking these days, and it's starting to hurt me. Plus, the current situation is just, well, sooooo unaesthetic.
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