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[Dominique Rehborn <dominique AT boxnet.eu>]

Howdy OpenNIC folks,

i am curious about running a tier 1 and would like to sponsor the top
level domain .box, i started writing a charter, which still is a draft
and requires your feedback, any comment appreciated.

OpenNIC TLD Proposition

Charter

.box TLD - in the following document referred to as NIC.

Proposal
.box is a TLD meant as generic name space for general purposes like
ICANN's .com, .org and .net TLD has been used (or misued by accident). a
larger list of exceptions for abusive behavior and non-legitime contents
is to be found in the policy to prevent disputes and criminal activity.

Policy

By Registering a NIC domain the Registrant agrees to the Policy.

This Policy complies with OpenNIC Policies
(http://wiki.opennic.glue/OpenNICPolicies) including following addition.

Registration
NIC domains can be registered by any individual or for an entity by an
individual/natural person. Registrations may be challenged at any time
if they are not held by an individual or if the holder cannot prove an
outside relation justifying reservation of the name, to prevent
"Cybersquatting". further exceptions are listed below.

Limitations
until further changes to the policy a registrant is allowed to hold a
maximum of 10 domains (including a tollerance of 5) with exception to
OpenNIC members, larger amounts of domain registrations require to
request a quote including purpose of usage. (send your request to
quote AT nic.box)

domain names must be at least 3 characters long and can be at most 63
characters long, a domain excluding TLD should never have more than 5
labels to prevent dns spam.

Activity
NIC reserves the right to remove any domain not resolvable for more than
a week.

Nameserver Configuration
NIC requires to setup a valid Zonefile, this includes a valid SOA and 2 NS.

Non-Profit clause
As this TLD is made available not for profit, domains (including
subdomains) may not be transferred for compensation.

Prohibited contents and behavior
to limit a larger spectrum for abusive behavior the following is
strictly forbidden, legitimate complaints regarding these activities
will result in suspension and revocation of all appropriate domains:

• general contents/activities considered illegal. this includes but is
not limited to:
∘ spamming/cracking (including through non NIC systems)
∘ cracks/warez/malware/botnets/honeypots
• contents considered illegal by the registrants local laws.
• SEO/marketing websites
• pornographic, racists/extremist contents
• torrent tracker

Big Business clause
corporations, large enterprises (>50 employess) and financial entities
are not allowed to expand their business under a NIC TLD for now. In
case of a registered trademark, it is possible for the responsible to
send a request to have their name registered by NIC and suspeneded
definitively or http forward to a given URL.
(This process requires verification, any cost created by this process
will be covered by the responsible in question).

Privacy

• Personal data will only be collected and used if required for the
creation or modification of a Handle. The registrant is obligated to
keep this information up to date. The Registrant's Email address will
only be used for information regarding their registered domains, policy
changes and major system changes.
• NIC does not give any personal information to third parties, with the
exception of OpenNIC as far as they are required to reasonably or forced
by law.
• The registrant has the right to information and a right to amend, to
suspend or to delete his saved information. If deletion conflicts with a
legal or contractual duty to save information, or other legal grounds,
the information will be made inaccessible.

Warranty and Liability
NIC tries to be as reliable and responsible as possible, however there
is no warranty for availability. For direct damages, secondary damages
or lost profits due to technical problems and disturbances we assume no
liability.

In addition, the Registrant agrees to free NIC from all claims by third
parties in regard to illegal content or activity. The exemption
obligation includes liability for all legal defence costs.

Updates
Minor changes, changes which will not affect registered domains, to the
policy can be made without notice in order to close loopholes quickly
and responsibly.
Changes which require to be voted on will be announced at least one week
before taking effect.

-- 
Dominique Rehborn dominique AT boxnet.eu