[ jEdit-announce ] jEdit.oss domain active for OpenNIC users

[mike d. <md...@st...>]

hi folks-

being that i'm involved in the OpenNIC project
(http://www.opennic.unrated.net/) and we have a TLD especially for Open
Source/Free Software, i though it would be cool to register a name for jEdit.

the .OSS TLD is available to users of the (i believe) OpenNIC, ORSC, SuperRoot,
and PacRoot alternative root server systems (i'm not sure about SuperRoot, and
AlterNIC may be carrying our domains now as well).

as noted in the subject line, the new domain is jEdit.oss. i have created RR's
for both the main jEdit website and Plugin Central.

	* jEdit site: http://www.jedit.oss/
	* jEdit Plugin Central: http://plugins.jedit.oss/

those of you who are using something besides the official ICANN/VGR root should
be able to access those domains. this doesn't mean too much to everyone else
who uses the legacy root system, but it may be a reason to switch ;).

for those who don't know about OpenNIC (or even ICANN for that matter ;>),
here's a marketroid blurb:

	The OpenNIC is a user owned and controlled Network Information Center
	offering a democratic, non-national, alternative to the traditional
	Top-Level Domain registries. In case you were looking for them, the
	traditonal TLDs are currently served by Network Solutions with policies
	set by ICANN.

	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.

all power is the people's.

-md