Gemini Newsgroup RFD

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On Fri, 01 Oct 2021 19:49:28 +0200, Jason Evans wrote:

> I've written up a proposal for the comp.infosystems.gemini newsgroup

Re-editing the RFD as there were comments in news.groups, I wondered 
whether it would also make sense to create a merged group for c.i.gopher 
and c.i.gemini – but lacking a suitable name, it seems not worth to 
pursue this idea. 


--- draft below from https://pads.ccc.de/comp-infosystems-gemini-rfd

REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD) This is a formal Request for Discussion 
(RFD) for the creation of the unmoderated newsgroup: 
comp.infosystems.gemini

NEWSGROUPS LINE:

comp.infosystems.gemini    Gemini Internet Protocol and Hypertext System

RATIONALE:

The Gemini community publishes textual content to be served via the 
Gemini protocol. Linking to other documents Gemini creates a hypertext 
information system similar to the early World Wide Web. The protocol is 
not to be extended per definition and community consent. Although any 
content can be served per Gemini, the community mostly sticks to the 
default content type text/gemini which offers a limited set of line types 
to structure the content and link to other resources.

The newsgroup would compliment the mailing list and some IRC channels, 
probably targeting casual readers not wanting to subscribe to a list by 
mail. 

Recently, Gemini was mentionend in comp.infosystems.gopher. Compared to 
Gopher Gemini encrypts content in transport and probably offers easier 
access to content published by the community due to clients created 
natively for various operating systems, including graphical and mobile 
(e.g. Android and iOS), that resemble well-known web browsers.

CHARTER:

comp.infosystems.gemini covers the Gemini internet protocol and the 
information space that is created by its community and their tools. 

MODERATION POLICY: unmoderated