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Drop
.liber

~ Ole Juul


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.