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[Kévin <lists AT mmn.on.ca>]

An update from the namepros discussion thread, from the CEO of Epik this morning:

"As a courtesy to OpenNIC, we suspended selling overlapping TLDs. There is an abundance of namespace for Alt TLDs. @Sufyan Alani will be in touch with them to explore API integration."

Thing is it looks like they don't care, and it's kind of clear from the wording they're willing to hijack whatever they want and a big F to the community as a whole (https://www.namepros.com/threads/o-official-discussion.1184322/page-8#post-7713450) :

To avoid confusion, we'll try not to trip over OpenNIC TLDs. No promises there.

The names that we did register will continue to resolve across our network. We reserve the right to re-open those name spaces at a time of our choosing.

Kévin

Always remember to pillage before you burn.

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Le mercredi 8 avril 2020 20:59, Jeff Taylor <shdwdrgn AT sourpuss.net> a écrit :

I started answering some questions in the namepros discussion thread this morning.  We will likely see someone from Epik join our mailing list at some point to discuss their perspective.  And you're right, folks want to monetize OpenNIC without really understanding why we do this for free.  OpenNIC was founded on the principle that domain names have no actual value, and can only be sold due to inflation from making domain names artificially scarce.  Literally anyone can build and run a root zone, but ICANN forces a monopoly to keep themselves in business.

An update from the namepros discussion thread, from the CEO of Epik this morning:

"As a courtesy to OpenNIC, we suspended selling overlapping TLDs. There is an abundance of namespace for Alt TLDs. @Sufyan Alani will be in touch with them to explore API integration."

On 04/08/2020 11:52 AM, kevin wrote:

I have been quiet on this list for a long time because mostly, much of
the kerfuffle blows over.  I'm sure this will, as well.

I did want to add my agreement to what Jeff is saying, though.  So many
have come and gone from OpenNIC.  I guess somehow the people who come
along and try to capitalize on the efforts of the core community, as
though we will somehow magically just agree to do much or all of the
hard work of developing something unique around the community efforts
and not try to leverage the community out from under us, is how people
like those at Epik think.  It is that lack of understanding of the
infrastructure and the people and community who created and maintain
it, that sees those attempts fail, time and again.

I guess, good luck to Epik.  Pulling TLDs out from under the TLD
owners' feet is pretty much going to be an effort in futility.  :D

Kevin

On Wed, 2020-04-08 at 10:46 -0600, Jeff Taylor wrote:

On 04/08/2020 03:44 AM, postmaster wrote:

As long as you, and I and we as OpenNIC do not have a business plan
to
cash in, no revenue model and no infrastructure, I personally
consider
complaints a bit of envy and a lot of wishful thinking.

This line of your reply really stands out to me.  It sounds to me
like
you are saying that despite two decades of hard work, since we're
not
trying to make money off of our labors we have no right to complain
about what is happening?

Quit frankly there is no envy on my part -- Epik is going to discover
a
huge number of hurdles in their strategy that OpenNIC solved years
ago.
And there is certainly no wishful thinking here -- I hope to never
see
OpenNIC move to a for-profit model because that will destroy the
very
foundation that the project was built on.

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