[Upd-discuss] .free

[Richard Stallman]

    Richard Stallman didn't like .gnu or .upd as Internet Top Level
    domains.  He suggested .freedom as a more general term.  I think .free
    would be a better choice.

The reason I suggested .freedom rather than .free is to avoid
the confusing meaning of "zero price".  .free could be used
for the job, but I think .freedom would be clearer and better.

      Would .free to a "first come first serve" TLD, available without
    restrictions, unlike say copyleft restrictions (I would as assume so).

I think we should restrict .free (or .freedom) to nonprofit
organizations which work for some kind of issue of freedom.
Otherwise, companies will snap it up to use for offering free samples.

    Would it generate revenue for the development of free software?

If the purpose of the domain is for organizations that work for
freedom of various kinds, it seems to me somewhat arbitrary to collect
funds from all these organizations for the rather obscure activity of
developing free software.

Lobbying against restriction of communication on the Internet
(including censorship and strict interpretation of libel and copyright
laws) would seem to be a more central activity, more appropriate to
use as the purpose of funds collected from such a wide variety of
organizations.