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

Hi,

I really think we need to reopen the choice of the .libre domain to replace 
.free.

The reason being that the charter for .libre forbids commercial use while 
every use of .libre (FLOSS) means "free as in freedom" including the freedom 
for commercial use. Therefore .libre is misleading. .libre is closer to .oss 
than it is to .free.

During the vote I suggested merging into .null, but it was during the voting 
thread, there was no discussion, and my vote to merge into .null wound up 
being the only vote to do so. Also, .null is intended for individuals, not 
organizations, so that was a bad idea anyway.

While it's still soon enough, I think we should cancel the .libre domains and 
switch them to something like:

.noncom
.noncomm

or the like.

I propose .noncom

Does anyone agree with me on .libre being a bad idea, and that we should 
rename it ASAP?

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-Dan Q