[hrpc] Protocol design and political goals: the Gemini project
Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@nic.fr> Mon, 30 November 2020 17:53 UTC
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Subject: [hrpc] Protocol design and political goals: the Gemini project
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This is not an IETF project but it's an interesting project since it has explicit political goals (distributing information without tracking, and with the ability to have very simple clients, instead of humongus Web browwers). Creating a protocol where it is *difficult* to add bloat and surveillance features is not easy. Gemini is *not* extensible and it is a feature, not a bug. Home page : https://gemini.circumlunar.space/ IETFers will certainly prefer to read the specification: https://gemini.circumlunar.space/docs/specification.html If you want to jump on your keyboard to criticize, I suggest to read the FAQ first, it may addresses your criticism: https://gemini.circumlunar.space/docs/faq.html
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