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[Jeff Taylor <shdwdrgn AT sourpuss.net>]

We have a couple is issues that have been discussed regarding the 
impending collision with .free.  From what I've seen online, the ICANN 
version is expected to launch some time in 2017, so I feel it is best to 
start planning ahead.  Also because I realize we are in the holiday 
season and a lot of people may be away, I'm going to propose an extended 
voting period and will accept replies until January 2nd.  This vote will 
be kept on the mailing list, so please reply to this thread...

1) Should OpenNIC keep the .FREE TLD after ICANN makes it widely 
available, or should we drop it to avoid collisions.  Please vote "keep" 
or "drop" here.  Keep in mind that nobody has stepped forward to make 
contact with ICANN, Amazon, or EFF to see if we can even fight this.  
And because of the popularity of the name, it is expected that .free 
domains will be very popular on ICANN.

2) If we do vote to drop .free when it becomes available on ICANN, 
OpenNIC should have a new TLD to fall back on.  Proposals have been made 
for ".libre" and ".liber".  Please cast your vote for which of these you 
would prefer we use.



If the vote for #1 is to drop, then I will mirror all existing .free 
domains to the new TLD.  We will allow domain registrations on the new 
TLD, but registrations under .free will be closed.  And I will continue 
to provide resolution for the existing .free domains until such time as 
domain registrations become available on ICANN.

If the vote for #1 is to keep, then I will re-open domain registrations 
under .free, and we will ignore the results from #2.