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==dotFree Group Initiative==
==dotFree Group Initiative==
The .free TLD is currently managed and operated by the [[dotFree Group]] s.r.o., a start-up services provider offering software development, internet and free domain name registration from the Czech Republic.<ref>[http://www.dotfreegroup.com dotfreegroup.com]</ref>
The [[dotFree Group]] s.r.o., a start-up services provider offering software development, internet and free domain name registration from the Czech Republic is managing and operating the pre-registration of .free domain names. <ref>[http://www.dotfreegroup.com dotfreegroup.com]</ref>
The company offered registrations of .free domain names without cost to all interested companies, individuals and organizations around the world. The pre-registration for the .Free domain started in October, 2010; and it is one of the few companies accepting pre-registrations while awaiting the approval of its application from [[ICANN]] to be included in the [[DNS]] root system. More than 160 thousand registrants have already reserved their desired domain names.
The company had been accepting registrations of .free domain names without cost to all interested companies, individuals and organizations around the world since October, 2010 while awaiting for ICANN's to approval for the delegation of .free TLD in the [[Root Zone|root zone]] of the internet domain name system [[DNS]]. More than 160 thousand registrants have already reserved their desired .free domain names.
[[dotFree Group]] s.r.o .main objective for the .free gTLD is to improve the information exchange and interaction among individuals and to promote development and innovation in the Internet community worldwide and to give individuals and companies the opportunity to create their own trademark without spending a cent.
===Launch Procedure===
===Launch Procedure===