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[Angélica Luna <luz AT freenic.org>]

Hello all,

I'm one of the founding members of FreeNIC http://freenic.org/ a totally 
free and open root that resolves all OpenNIC TLDs and most ICANN ones in 
addition to TLDs chosen without rules or regulations by anyone who 
wishes to join. Our TLDs are mainly for personal use; we don't require 
second-level registration to be available. All members have equal status 
as we have no leadership. I'm proposing a partial peering agreement, as 
explained below.

Because we have no rules, there's nothing stopping conflicting TLDs from 
being registered. We currently have .radio and .smart, which have been 
registered in the ICANN root. The ICANN .radio and .smart have been 
deleted from our root zone. Shdwdrgn is in the process of designing a 
filter that would prevent OpenNIC from resolving FreeNIC TLDs that 
conflict with OpenNIC or ICANN should this peering agreement be 
accepted. Peering wouldn't take place until the filter has been implemented.

Please discuss and vote.