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If they haven't already been suggested and/or rejected:

 alt, fre, onp, odns, open, altnet, altdns

As to approaching Amazon for a donation or whatever, probably should talk
with a lawyer (EFF?) first to formulate the right approach.

--Jeff

an0n1 AT riseup.net wrote:

> >> 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