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 <[email protected]> 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. > > -- > http://gnuzilla.gnu.org -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org
