TLD.js
Update: Closing signing for now, since we need to work through the two blocker issues, before this could move forward as a kickstarter or by other means of funding.
Note: This kick-starter hasn't been submitted yet. Please read and help solve open bugs.
.io is an awesome general TLD for technical projects. What if we had .js for fantastic
JavaScript and NodeJS projects? If you invest your time into sharing JavaScript, you should be
able to easily share your work on an affordable .js domain.
Kickstarter
The kickstart project is to raise the funds to apply for buying the .js top level domain. An application is $180,000, plus $5000 as a deposit, plus an unknown amount for application disputes and administrative fees.
We don't have $200,000 lying around, and need your help!
Kickstarter Rewards
To motivate participation:
$20
Skip coffee for a week and join the TLD.js movement!
You get jsfounder status. Register up to 4 domains in an exclusive 1 month window
before general .js domain name availability.
Limited to first 10,000 pledges. No, seriously, remember how fast JSConf sells out ;)
$500
Can you afford more? Passionate about the web and JS?
Same benefits as jsfounder as well as an invitation to join the governance committee.
Limited to first 50 pledges.
Why?
Okay, this is kind of a vanity TLD, but we freaking build the web every day... Shouldn't we have a TLD that JS hackers control?
Domains will be granted to their obvious owners... jquery.js to jquery, node.js goes to the node project, etc.
Got a side project and need a cheap, hawt name? heavymetal.js or whatever is yours.
Domain squatters will not be tolerated, to the best of the project's ability to limit or ban this behavior...
After Kickstarter
Again, the governance committee would figure out how to make the TLD.js a substainable project that does not need frequent maintenance.
TLD.js is not a for-profit venture. The Kick Starter is only to raise enough funds to navigate the unknown waters of securing our TLD.
.js domains will be as inexpensive as possible. We'll figure out a way to reward everyone who helped us
secure this TLD.
Who will run this?
I and the signers below, have offered to volunteer their time to organize this application process. If we successfully get the .js TLD, , we'll create a governance committee to figure how to best steward this beast.
An early suggestion would be getting under Mozilla.org's non-profit umbrella, but we can figure this out after a successful application.