[Qgis-psc] Help EFF save .ORG

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

Thanks Jeff! @Andreas can we maybe go ahead and renew QGIS.org <http://qgis.org/> for a long time as Jeff suggests?

Regards

Tim

> On 31 Dec 2019, at 18:07, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes this happened last month, I had sent a tweet out about it (a good summary of the situation: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/20/org_registry_sale_shambles/). I recommend that we renew our .org domains for 10 years or so, to avoid any subsequent price increases by this new registrar.  -jeff
> 
> 
> 
> On 2019-12-30 12:07 PM, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I don't know anything specific about this. Anyone has more info about
>> its relevance to QGIS.ORG?
>> Cheers.
>> -------- Messaggio Inoltrato --------
>> Oggetto: 	Help EFF save .ORG
>> Data: 	Thu, 26 Dec 2019 12:33:42 -0800
>> Mittente: 	Aaron Jue | Electronic Frontier Foundation <membership at eff.org>
>> Rispondi-a: 	Aaron Jue | Electronic Frontier Foundation <membership at eff.org>
>> A: 	info at faunalia.it
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>> Frontier Foundation (EFF) <https://eff.org/r.eu0p>
>> *Hi Supporter of Digital Freedom,*
>> The .ORG domain registry—home to groups around the world working for the
>> public good, many of which hold governments and corporations
>> accountable—is on the verge of being sold off to a newly-formed private
>> equity firm in a $1.1 billion deal.
>> We at EFF, with hundreds of other major organizations and over 18,000
>> individuals, have spoken out to oppose the .ORG registry’s sale to the
>> firm. Yet this is far from over. Will you donate to EFF this year and
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>> <https://eff.org/r.2mbw>
>> The announcement came right after the registry was granted the authority
>> to make major changes to how .ORG is run without consulting the .ORG
>> community. With the new rules in place, the registry’s sale means danger
>> for the millions of individuals and organizations using a .ORG website,
>> subjecting them to real threats of censorship and increased fees. But we
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