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Re: Announcement: Charges for Internet Domain Names 1997

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From: Marc SCHAEFER
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 00:00
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In article <32A83298.74A2@switch.ch>,
	Marcel Schneider <schneider@switch.ch> writes:

> 1) New fees. Charges for registration will be halved; i.e. 
[ ... ]

> 2) Registrants having paid for names before 1997 will benefit from a   
> compensation offered to them: their maintenance fee for 1997 will be   
> waived, i.e. such registrants will not be charged with maintenance

Very nice. Also note that non-profit organizations (ONLY) can register
their domain into ch.eu.org for free. See the following document.

ALPHANET NF, Not for profit telecom research, is handling from
beginning of October the DNS server for the ch.eu.org domain. The
eu.org domain is a domain especially reserved for non-profit European
organizations.  The ch.eu.org domain is the Swiss part of this
non-profit domain.

Registrations into the ch.eu.org domain are completely free for
non-profit organizations. They are IMPOSSIBLE for other organizations,
which should use the normal NIC Switzerland (postmaster@nic.ch).

Updates are done through a WWW interface with little human intervention.
Update delays should then be less than one day.

SUMMARY:
      any question to a human: hostmaster@ch.eu.org
         (please use the WWW interface first)
      reading the database:    UNIX whois command, server whois.eu.org
      updating and querying:   WWW http://www.eu.org
      ALPHANET NF information: WWW http://www.alphanet.eu.org/nf_html/
      e-mail access:           dns-manager@ch.eu.org
      mailing-list:            echo subscribe freedns-users | \
                               mail majordomo@lists.eu.org

CONDITIONS:
   Access is allowed only for non-profit organizations (recognized or not,
   there is space for appreciation here). ALPHANET NF is not an
   Internet service provider and reserves the right to cancel this offer
   at any time, or to reject any demand without reason. The user is
   responsible under the Swiss law for the information he offers.

NOTA-BENE
   Note that we only use free UNIX software and free UNIX operating systems
   to handle this domain. After all, freedom is a right.   

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ALPHANET NF, une association sans buts lucratifs active dans la
recherche en t�l�communications, g�re depuis le d�but octobre le
serveur DNS (Domain Name Server, serveur de l'espace de nommage
distribu� d'Internet) du domaine ch.eu.org. Ce domaine fait partie du
domaine eu.org, r�serv� aux associations sans buts lucratifs
europ�ennes.

Les enregistrements dans le domaine ch.eu.org sont compl�tement
gratuites pour les associations sans buts lucratifs (elles sont
IMPOSSIBLES pour les autres organisations, qui doivent utiliser le NIC
normal suisse, soit postmaster@nic.ch).

Les mises � jour sont effectu�es � travers une interface WWW sans --
ou presque sans -- intervention humaine, ce qui garantit un d�lai de
mise � jour inf�rieur � un jour.

RESUME:
   pour toutes questions � un humain:  hostmaster@ch.eu.org
      (utilisez de pr�f�rence l'interface WWW)
   pour lire la base de donn�es:       commande UNIX whois,
                                       serveur whois.eu.org
   mise � jour et interrogation:       WWW http://www.eu.org
   ALPHANET NF information:            WWW http://www.alphanet.eu.org/nf_html/
   e-mail access:                      dns-manager@ch.eu.org
   mailing-list:                       echo subscribe freedns-users | \
                                       mail majordomo@lists.eu.org

CONDITIONS:
   L'acc�s est autoris� seulement pour les associations sans buts
   lucratifs (reconnues ou non, il y a une libert� d'interpr�tation
   ici). ALPHANET NF n'est pas un fournisseur de services Internet et se
   r�serve le droit de refuser toute demande ou de supprimer ce service
   en tout temps. L'utilisateur est responsable vis � vis de la loi
   Suisse des informations offertes.

NOTA-BENE:
   Notez que nous utilisons uniquement des logiciels libres UNIX (ainsi que
   des syst�mes d'exploitation libres) pour g�rer ce domaine. Apr�s tout,
   la libert� est un droit.

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[ German translation courtesy of Felix.Rauch@nice.ch ]

ALPHANET NF, eine Vereinigung die nicht profitorientiert in der
Telekommunikationsforschung taetig ist, betreibt ab Anfang Oktober den
DNS-Server (Domain Name Server, Server zur verteilten Namensgebung auf
dem Internet) der ch.eu.org-Domaene. Die eu.org-Domaene ist speziell
reserviert fuer nicht profitorientierte Europaeische Organisationen.
Die ch.eu.org-Domaene ist ein Teil dieser nichtprofit-Domaene.

Registrierungen in der ch.eu.org-Domaene sind voellig gratis fuer
nichtprofit-Vereine. Sie sind UNMOEGLICH fuer andere Organisationen,
die das normale NIC Schweiz verwenden sollten (postmaster@nic.ch).

Aktualisierungen geschehen mittels einer WWW-Schnittstelle fast ohne
menschliches Zutun, was eine Verzoegerung von weniger als einem Tag
garantieren sollte.

ZUSAMMENFASSUNG:
      Alle Fragen an einen Menschen: hostmaster@ch.eu.org
         (bitte zuerst die WWW-Schnittstelle benutzen)
      Lesen der Datenbank:           UNIX whois Kommando,
                                     Server whois.eu.org
      Aktualisierungen und Abfragen: WWW http://www.eu.org
      ALPHANET NF information:       WWW http://www.alphanet.eu.org/nf_html/
      e-mail:                        dns-manager@ch.eu.org
      mailing-list:                  echo subscribe freedns-users | \
                                     mail majordomo@lists.eu.org

KONDITIONEN:
   Zugang besteht nur fuer nichtprofit-Organisationen (anerkannt oder
   nicht, hier besteht Interpretationsspielraum). ALPHANET NF ist kein
   Internet-Serviceanbieter und behaelt sich das Recht vor, dieses
   Angebot jederzeit zu beenden oder Anfragen ohne Angabe von Gruenden
   abzulehnen. Benutzer sind gegenueber Schweizerischem Recht
   verantwortlich fuer die Informationen, die sie anbieten.

NOTA-BENE:
   Bitte beachten Sie, dass wir nur freie UNIX-Software und freie
   UNIX-Betriebssyeteme zur Handhabung dieser Domaene einsetzen.
   Schliesslich ist Freiheit ein Recht.

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[ Italian translation of tiziano.bianchi@launch.net (Tiziano Bianchi) ]

ALPHANET NF, ricerca telecom senza scopo di lucro, prendera' la
responsabilita', a partire dagli inizi di ottobre, di gestire il server
DNS per il domain ch.eu.org.  Il domain eu.org e' appositamente
riservato a organizzazioni europee senza scopo di lucro.  Il domain
ch.eu.org rappresenta il settore svizzero di questo domain dedicato alle
organizzazioni senza scopo di lucro.

Iscrizioni nel domain ch.eu.org sono completamente gratuite e riservate
esclusivamente a organizzazioni senza scopo di lucro.  Richieste di
iscrizione provenienti da altre organizzazioni NON SONO AMMESSE e
dovranno quindi essere presentate, via prassi normale, alla NIC
Switzerland (postmaster@nic.ch).

Gli aggiornamenti verranno effettuati tramite un'interfaccia WWW e con
minimo intervento umano.  Ritardi negli aggiornamenti dovrebbero quindi
essere limitati a meno di un giorno.

SOMMARIO:
    Per qualsiasi domanda a persone:  hostmaster@ch.eu.org
    (per cortesia, usare l'interfaccia WWW come prima alternativa)
    Lettura banca dati:  usare il comando UNIX "whois", server
      whois.eu.org
    Aggiornamenti e queries:  WWW http://www.eu.org
    Informazioni ALPHANET NF:  WWW http://www.alphanet.eu.org/nt_html/
    Accesso posta elettronica:  dns-manager@ch.eu.org
    Mailing List:  echo subscribe freedns-users | \
      mail majordomo@lists.eu.org

CONDIZIONI:
    L'accesso e' permesso alle sole organizzazioni senza scopo di lucro
    (ufficialmente riconosciute o meno; sara' accordato un certo margine
    di tolleranza).  ALPHANET NF non e' un fornitore commerciale di
    servizi Internet e si riserva il diritto di annullare questa offerta
    in qualsiasi momento, o di rifiutare qualsiasi domanda di adesione
    senza fornire spiegazioni in merito.  L'utente accetta di prendersi
    la responsabilita', in base alle norme di legge svizzere, di tutte
    le informazioni da lui messe a disposizione.

N.B.
    Per l'amministrazione di questo domain, verranno usati
    esclusivamente programmi e sistemi operativi liberi
    basati sul sistema UNIX.  Dopotutto la liberta' e' un diritto.

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We thank eu.org's managers for their cooperation and time.
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From: schaefer@vulcan.alphanet.ch (Marc SCHAEFER)
Subject: Re: Announcement: Charges for Internet Domain Names 1997
Date: 1996/12/10
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