<s>
Nomulus	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open-source	O
top-level	O
domain	O
registry	O
operated	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
with	O
contributions	O
from	O
Donuts	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
October	O
18	O
,	O
2016	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
open-source	O
blog	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
domain	O
nomulus.foo	O
redirecting	O
to	O
their	O
GitHub	O
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
registry	O
,	O
under	O
development	O
since	O
2011	O
,	O
powers	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
top-level	O
domains	O
including	O
.google	O
,	O
.how	O
,	O
and	O
.soy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
available	O
under	O
the	O
Apache	O
2.0	O
license	O
,	O
integrated	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
Cloud	O
Platform	O
,	O
using	O
Google	B-Application
Cloud	O
Datastore	O
as	O
its	O
backend	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
started	O
in	O
2011	O
when	O
the	O
Internet	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
for	I-Application
Assigned	I-Application
Names	I-Application
and	I-Application
Numbers	I-Application
(	O
ICANN	B-Application
)	O
approved	O
a	O
change	O
to	O
the	O
Internet	O
Domain	O
System	O
on	O
June	O
20	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
deciding	O
that	O
by	O
increasing	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
top-level	O
domains	O
from	O
its	O
then	O
current	O
number	O
of	O
22	O
,	O
the	O
internet	O
would	O
be	O
redefined	O
,	O
giving	O
people	O
and	O
businesses	O
more	O
flexibility	O
and	O
control	O
over	O
their	O
online	O
presence	O
,	O
"[encouraging]	O
innovation	O
,	O
 [ ... ] 	O
competition	O
,	O
and	O
increased	O
choice	O
for	O
Internet	O
users.	O
"	O
</s>
