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Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] FreeSpeechMe
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Svetlana Tkachenko |
Subject: |
Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] FreeSpeechMe |
Date: |
Sun, 08 Feb 2015 20:54:18 +1100 |
I see no reason to make this feature built-in, but it being on the FSF
directory is enough for interested users to find it from the add-on manager.
--
Svetlana Tkachenko
David Englund <address@hidden> wrote:
> Should the FreeSpeechMe add-on be part of the icecat package?
>
> FreeSpeechMe is a Free Software plug-in for [IceCat] that allows people
> to effortlessly view Dot-Bit websites. It works on GNU/Linux and
> Windows. Dot-Bit (.bit) is a new top-level domain that, unlike Dot-Com,
> Dot-Net, Dot-UK, etc., is NOT controlled by any government or
> corporation. FreeSpeechMe works over the distributed blockchain of the
> inexpensive cryptocurrency, Namecoin (a derivative of BitCoin). Namecoin
> is not generally traded as currency. It exists primarily for the purpose
> of decentralized DNS.
>
> Free Software Directory: https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/FreeSpeechMe
> Homepage: http://bit.namecoin.info/freespeechme.html
>
>
> From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.bit about .bit:
>
> *.bit* is a top-level domain
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-level_domain> that was created
> outside the most commonly used domain name system
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_system> of the Internet
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet>, and is not sanctioned by ICANN
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICANN>. The .bit domain is served via the
> Namecoin <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namecoin> infrastructure, which
> acts as an alternative, decentralized
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized> domain name system.^[1]
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.bit#cite_note-desk1-1> Use of the .bit
> domain requires a copy of the Namecoin blockchain, a supporting public
> DNS server, or a web browser plug-in.
>
> In February 2014, a beta version of a Windows/Linux Firefox plug-in
> called FreeSpeechMe was released that allows automated resolution of
> .bit addresses, by downloading the Namecoin block chain and running it
> in the background.^[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.bit#cite_note-2>
>
> OpenNIC <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenNIC>'s DNS servers also
> support resolution of .bit domains.
>
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