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[Fusl Dash <opennic AT lists.dedilink.eu>]

drop & .libre

On 12/21/2016 05:08 PM, Jeff Taylor wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
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