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[<vv AT cgs.pw>]

Looks overall OK, except perhaps for the
"raise prices" part. Also, the registration
section needs a bit of rewriting, because
obviously something will become available
when it will become available and will not
be available until it becomes available.
lol

~ Ole


On Thu,  2 Feb 2017 20:32:45 +0000 (UTC)
<josephmarsden AT towerdevs.xyz> wrote:

> I’d like to start a proposal for the .core TLD on the
> OpenNIC network. ========
> CHARTER
> ========
> 
> The .core TLD, operated by CoreDomain and managed by
> TOWER, is to be used by individuals or commercial
> entities (individual or groups) to promote their resource
> hosting (e.g virtual machine, website, file hosting) on
> the OpenNIC network. The domain should only be used for
> the aforementioned purposes, however exceptions may be
> granted in special cases. Use of this TLD is not a given
> right to any holder, and domain names may be revoked by
> the CoreDomain administration team, TOWER management or
> by a vote of domain holders (henceforth known as
> "Members"), especially pertaining to violations of our
> policies (see Section 2).
> 
> "Members" in this charter refers to owners of .core
> domains and not OpenNIC members unless otherwise noted.
> 
> 1. REGISTRATION
> ----------------------------
> 
> .core domains will be available on a first-come,
> first-serve basis. Some domains have been reserved for
> administrative use (see Section 6) prior to public
> registration.
> 
> Registrations immediately after approval will be handled
> manually via email. An automated registration system is
> in development and will be available at register.core
> when it becomes available. Registrations will be
> available from 3 month to 2 year periods. All
> registrations will be available for free after approval,
> however, the CoreDomain administration reserves the right
> to raise prices as needed to cover operating costs.
> 
> 2. ABUSE
> ---------------
> 
> TOWER will not tolerate the following behaviour, and use
> of our domains for any of the following is grounds for
> termination (see Section 3):
> 
> -      Domain squatting
> -      Spam email delivery
> -      Malware distribution
> -      Malicious interference with computer systems
> -     Using the TLD for any other purpose not outlined
> in this charter
> 
> 
> Our abuse policies are in line with OpenNIC's abuse
> policies as well
> (http://wiki.opennicproject.org/TLDPolicy - "Obnoxious
> Activity: Spam & Cracking"), and any policies listed
> there apply to .on domains as well. CoreDomain is not a
> domain police force and meaningful abuse enforcement will
> be reliant on members reporting. All abusive behavior
> should be immediately reported to abuse AT central.core so
> administration can take action.
> 
> 3. TERMINATION / REVOCATION
> --------------------------------------------------
> 
> Domains can be immediately terminated if they are found
> to be in violation of our policies by the CoreDomain
> administration or TOWER management, and a notice will be
> sent to the registrant of the offending domain. Domains
> can also be terminated via a member vote. Membership is
> granted to any domain holder, 1 vote per member
> regardless of the amount registrations they hold. Member
> votes are subject to policies as listed in Section 4.
> 
> Domains may also be revoked by the CoreDomain
> administration if the OpenNIC membership at large moves
> to revoke a registration. We do not foresee a
> circumstance where OpenNIC as a whole will be required to
> vote on the revocation of a .core domain, but if the need
> arises we will comply with any such vote.
> 
> 4. VOTING
> ----------------
> 
> All matters of administrative importance will be voted
> upon by members of the CoreDomain domain registry
> administration team. Motions will be passed by a simple
> majority of votes (50% + 1). The CoreDomain
> administration, and the higher TOWER management, holds
> the right to veto any member votes, in order to retain
> control of .core operation.
> 
> 5. DISPUTES
> --------------------
> 
> Trademark holders should email legal AT towerdevs.xyz if
> they wish to dispute a domain. TOWER itself will revoke
> or transfer registrations if ordered by a legitimate
> court of law, as a courtesy to that country, as
> applicable to OpenNIC's dispute policy.
> 
> 6. RESERVED DOMAINS
> -------------------------------------
> 
> The following domains are reserved by the CoreDomain
> administration and will never be available for public
> registration:
> 
> -     Register.core – Domain registration site.
> -     Central.core – Administration and management
> site.
> -     About.core – Overview site, CoreDomain hub.
> -     Admin.core – CoreDomain administration site.
> -     Websites.core – For future web hosting.
> -     Secure.core – Future SSL certificates.
> -     Nic.core – Reserved for redirection.
> -     Opennic.core – Reserved for redirection.
> -     Www.core – Reserved for redirection.
> -     Files.core – Future file hosting site.
> -     Citadel.core – Reserved.
> -     Exertus.core – Reserved for backend operations.
> -     Arctarus.core – Reserved for backend operations.
> -     Helios.core – Reserved for backend operations.
> -     Deepsector.core – Reserved for special
> operations.
> -     Meta.core – Internal server operations and
> control.
> -     Example.core – Example web page
> -     Test.core – Test web page, is a blank page on
> the DNS server
> -     Keystore.core – Used for internal private key
> operations.
> -     Vote.core – Used for mass user polling.
> 
> 7. AMENDMENTS AND MISC. POLICIES
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Amendments to this charter may be added by a vote
> of .core members. Additionally, the CoreDomain
> administration is permitted to provide a binding user
> agreement for registrations at register.core that may
> include policies outside the scope of this charter.
> 
> 8. FUTURE
> ----------------
> 
> CoreDomain and TOWER are committed to the future of the
> OpenNIC network and will attempt to provide, in addition
> to the .core Tier 1 server, multiple Tier 2 DNS servers
> to support the OpenNIC infrastructure, free and paid web
> hosting, and free and paid file hosting.These services
> have no deadline for completion at the moment. We also
> wish to help in spreading the word about OpenNIC via self
> promotion and joining the Public Relations Working Group
> http://wiki.opennicproject.org/PublicRelationsWG.
> 
> 9. CONTACTS
> --------------------
> 
> -     CoreDomain Administration:
> administration AT central.core
> -     Abuse Reporting: abuse AT central.core (All
> reserved .core domains have the same abuse email.)
> -     Legal Team: legal AT towerdevs.xyz (for subjects
> such as DMCA and legal action)
> -     Billing support: billing AT websites.core,
> billing AT files.core (for premium file and website hosting)
> -     Webmaster: webmaster AT central.core (All
> reserved .core domains have the same webmaster.)
> -     Postmaster: postmaster AT central.core (All
> reserved .core domains have the same postmaster.)
> 
> ====
> 
> This charter template used under license
> (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/) very
> kindly provided by Jonah Aragon.
> 
> Note: Our non-OpenNIC front is at
> https://core.towerdevs.xyz (which will direct users to
> configure their DNS settings to OpenNIC and auto redirect
> them, or if they already are using OpenNIC they will
> automatically be redirected to https://central.core for
> domain registration instructions. This site is currently
> not online yet as it is undergoing the design process.)
> 
> Thanks for reading through this proposal, we are open to
> suggestions for any changes.
> 
> Joseph Marsden
> Root Administrator at CoreDomain and Director at TOWER
> IRC: CitadelCore
> Email: josephmarsden AT towerdevs.xyz
> 
> Sorry if this got sent as a duplicate... I think Outlook
> broke. :/