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As also said before, we name ourself "OpenNIC" as we we not only provide DNS 
access and consuming, but also the ability to register Domains.
This all falls under the purpose of OpenNIC.
Else we could name our self like OpenDNS (if it would be unused), but we 
don't.
So the usage of OpenNIC includes not only the consuming of the DNS data, bit 
also the registration.
And our purpose is clearly to be at "No Cost (Gratis)" so is clearly also 
includes the registration.

If you want to monetize registrations do it under another project, with 
another name.
Maybe we will peer with that project, but it would be clear, that its another 
project.
As we also peer with new nations, that also has other policies to register 
domains.




Am 9. Dezember 2016 21:09:03 MEZ schrieb Jonah Aragon <jonaharagon AT gmail.com>:
>I think we've all established the homepage needs updating.... That
>being
>said you're definitely right, you can't charge for access to public T2
>servers, and not for any listed on the official servers page.
>
>At a technical level you COULD charge for DNS access, but you wouldn't
>be
>listed on the servers page and the practice would be frowned upon.
>
>I think we're taking this in a whole different direction though, nobody
>wants to charge for DNS access, only for domain names on the network.
>Completely different.
>
>Jonah
>
>On Dec 9, 2016 1:58 PM, "Maiyannah Bishop"
><maiyannah.bishop AT postactiv.com>
>wrote:
>
>>
>> On 2016-12-09 06:23, Amunak wrote:
>>
>> Noone is forcing you to provide a T2 server. And I think noone even
>says
>> it has to be free (correct me if I'm wrong, it's been a while since I
>read
>> the OpenNIC guideliness). I believe that if you want to provide a
>paid T2
>> server (with some kind of whitelisting for paying users) nothing is
>> stopping you. And by the nature of DNS noone even really *can* stop
>you.
>> At worst you would not be allowed to be listed among the "official"
>OpenNIC
>> T2 servers. But that doesn't prevent you from providing such a
>service. And
>> to be fair I think that it's totally fair to charge for such service
>- you
>> may have a hard time getting customers (users), especially if you
>didn't
>> offer anything extra, but if you were reliable and had perhaps some
>extra
>> services it may be interesting.
>>
>>
>> Am I the only one that's read the home page recently?
>>
>> "No Cost (Gratis)
>>
>> OpenNIC is a non profit organisation and does not charge money for
>access
>> to it’s DNS services including the proposal/request of new TLDs. It’s
>free
>> to use and the servers are run by volunteers, so there’s no financial
>> pressure to corrupt the OpenNIC system. You too could be one of the
>> volunteers!
>>
>> -mb
>>