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["Daniel Quintiliani" <danq AT runbox.com>]

1. Drop, but only "after ICANN makes it widely available"
2. No replacement, absorb into .null

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-Dan Q


On Wed, 21 Dec 2016 09:08:35 -0700, Jeff Taylor <shdwdrgn AT sourpuss.net> 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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