[P2P-F] www.yourdomain.open?

[Michel Bauwens]

just to make sure I understand, tld .open does not exist yet right?

and is there an ICANN procedure to generate it?

or does it already exist?

if not, feel free to write up this proposal for publication on our blog!!

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 10:20 PM, Rasmus Wikman <rasmus.wikman at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> Reasoning:
>
> 1. All the pieces needed for a new "open" society exist, they just
> need to be drawn together.
>
> 2. The Internet is in fact a decentralised, distributed, peer to peer
> platform, no need to build a new one.
>
> 3. "Open" is the word we internationally use to describe this new way
> of cooperating.
>
> 4. What's missing is a central "authority" but the open movement can't
> have a centralised model because open is decentralised, non-
> authorative at it's core.
>
> 5. Top level domains (TLDs) are the highest authoritative level on the
> Internet.
>
> 6. With a sponsored top level domain (sTLD) an open non-profit
> meritocracy goverened body could oversee and distribute domains to
> open initiatives.
>
> 7. The rules for what is open would be open to discussion for the
> public.
>
> 8. The public could report abuse by non-open initiatives that have
> registered a domain under the TLD.
>
>
> Examples:
>
> university.open
> hardware.open
> software.open
> news.open
> etc
>
>
> Goal:
>
> Make it easier for those who work for the open movement to
> collaborate, and especially find projects to contribute to instead of
> starting new parallell projects, which I see as the main issue
> currently.
>
>
> Rasmus
>
>
>
> On 15 sep 2011, at 17.11, Michel Bauwens wrote:
>
> > thanks Rasmus, I'm copying this to our infrastructure discussion
> > list as well,
> >
> > could you elaborate?
> >
> > Michel
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Rasmus Wikman <rasmus.wikman at gmail.com
> > > wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > wouldn't it be time for a ".open" TLD?
> >
> > I think it would spur the open movement to even faster growth.
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > Rasmus
> >
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