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>> I particularly believe etc, exp, ind, lib, lnx, (think Linux), nic,
nomad, not, online, stream, & www (if not ICANN's property, it could find
use as an interesting reversal of/to site naming & usage), would all be of
value (monetary or otherwise).

> I think we should review as a community the top level domains that were
created by now-defunct alternate roots such as AlterNIC and Pacific Root
that OpenNIC has officially decided to not conflict with even after their
> disbandment (according to http://wiki.opennicproject.org/AlternateNICs).
It
> is my opinion that many of these could prove useful as additions to our
namespace, but under our current policy we prohibit applications because of
> their prior status. Many of these zones have been offline for over a
decade
> and can't be reasonably reclaimed at this point by their original
issuers
> in my opinion, and should be open to potential future TLD applicants.
The top level domains I'm calling into question are as follows:
>    - exp
>    - llc
>    - lnx
>    - ltd
>    - med
>    - nic
>    - noc
>    - porn
>    - xxx
>    - fcn
>    - ais
>    - bali
>    - belize
>    - bio
>    - cal
>    - career
>    - chem
>    - children
>    - costarica
>    - ind
>    - job
>    - lib
>    - medic
>    - nomad
>    - npo
>    - ppp
>    - sat
>    - satcom
>    - satnet
>    - scuba
>    - socal
>    - stream
>    - work
>    - www
>    - biz
>    - cars
>    - corp
>    - etc
>    - family
>    - food
>    - jobs
>    - ocean
>    - men
>    - ngo
>    - not
>    - online
>    - wine
>    - women
> I realize a few of these are currently in use by ICANN (.biz, for
example)
> and those should definitely not be used on the OpenNIC network, but
other
> domains (.nic, .llc) are not currently in use by any parties, and I
think
> that any future applications for their namespace should be allowed.
Jonah
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