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Can I register .com/.net/.org domain names through the OpenNIC? |
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Written by Julian De Marchi
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Monday, 09 June 2008 09:24 |
No. The OpenNIC provides a democratically goverened alternative to the traditional Top-Level Domain registries; we do not register non-OpenNIC Top Level Domains, such as .com, .net, and .org.
However, you may register an OpenNIC Top Level Domain, such as .indy, .geek, .null, .oss, or .parody; please see OpenNICNamespaces for a list of whom to contact. Please be aware that each OpenNIC Top Level Domain has its own policies regarding acceptable use (for example, some may be restricted to non-commercial use only). |
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What TLDs are operated by the OpenNIC? |
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Written by Julian De Marchi
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Monday, 09 June 2008 09:22 |
Currently, the OpenNIC operates the .indy, .geek, .null, .oss, .parody, .bbs, .fur, .free and .ing Top Level Domains. OpenNIC also cooperatively operates the shared TLD .glue, which is shared among alternative domain name systems.
See OpenNICNamespaces for the current list. |
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How did the OpenNIC get its start? |
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Written by Julian De Marchi
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Monday, 09 June 2008 09:20 |
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An article was posted on Kuro5hin.org on June 1, 2000, advocating the need for a democratically governed Domain Name System (DNS). Out of the resulting discussion, the OpenNIC was born. The OpenNIC archives can be found at http://nonish.net/OpenNIC/. |
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Who makes up the OpenNIC? |
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Written by Julian De Marchi
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Monday, 09 June 2008 09:19 |
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Membership in the OpenNIC is open to every user of the Internet. All decisions are made either by a democratically elected administrator or through a direct ballot of the interested members and all decisions, regardless of how they are made, within OpenNIC are appealable to a vote of the general membership. |
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Proposing and Creating new TLDs through OpenNIC |
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Written by Julian De Marchi
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Monday, 17 March 2008 08:13 |
Within the OpenNIC, a Top-Level Domain is an independent administrative body, responsible for governing itself and maintaining its own resources. TLD administrative groups are free to administer the TLD however they choose, subject to these restrictions:
- each TLD must run at least one Tier 1 server which mirrors the root data of all the OpenNIC TLDs
- each TLD must have a web site at http://www.opennic.[TLD] for registration and administrative information
- each TLD must have the following email addresses:
-hostmaster@opennic.[TLD]
-abuse@opennic.[TLD]
-webmaster@opennic.[TLD]
- each TLD must publish and enforce a Charter for that TLD, which can only conflict with OpenNIC Policies by vote of the OpenNIC membership.
- unless specified in the TLD description and authorized by vote of the OpenNIC membership, the TLD governance must be democratic and allow one (and only one) vote to each real person holding a domain registration in that TLD
Here are the steps for creating a new OpenNIC TLD:
- join OpenNIC - at the moment this is accomplished by subscribing to the Discussion email list
- form an admin team - gather a few other administrators to design and maintain the resources for the new TLD
- propose the TLD - choose a TLD name and write a description of how it will be used; write a Charter for the new domain; post these to the discussion list
- call for a vote - at any point in the list's discussion of the proposal, any member may call for a vote on the proposal; new TLDs will be established by collecting more than 50% of the votes cast (so if you don't like it, you'd better vote against it ...)
- launch - make your DNS server(s) publicly available and start accepting registrations
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