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I currently run a .org site, which is currently up for
renewal. I also have the .net and .com versions of the name as well. Since all three
were applied for at the same time, all three are up for renewal. I was going to drop
the .com and .net (because I don't really need them - I shouldn't have registered
them in the first place), and concentrate on the .org - now I am unsure what to do.
I will probably re-register all three again. I am forced to do that by the speculation
being done by ICANN regarding domains, just to protect my interests in keeping the
name of my site. In the end, I wonder if I will simply lose all three (I am not a
non-profit, I am not a commercial entity, and I am not an ISP or such - so where
would my non-commercial site fit?)... At one time, I would have supported the idea
of "enforcing" the domain policies - but that time is over. The .org domain has come
to mean more than "a registered non-profit". It is typically used by personal sites
not out to make money, or sites supporting open/free discussion or exchange of ideas
and code. These sites are not typically registered non-profits. To make matters worse
- what domain would these sites then go under, anyhow? The .com domain isn't right,
and .net is out - so what then? Plus, it would cause a lot of confusion as to what
is a commercial site vs. a non-commercial site. I guess this is what .org has come
to mean; "non-commercial" instead of "non-profit". Allow for groups of both to use
it. There is no need to change it: Doing so would only cause problems.
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