Hello everyone,
Thank you very much for your attention to this matter, I wish I replied earlier, but we are busier than normal over here.
My profile may seem fairly technical, but I am more on the management, legal and counseling side, in case the offer on maintaining the project was addressed to me. The reason why I contacted you, is because I consider WHOIS will take a lot of relevance with the increasing activity around domain names(to consider, the massive adoption of domain names by individuals as online identities), as Alfred suggests, taking the reference from IANA may be the best path to keep the tool up-to-date.
I wish you success in your projects and be sure you can count with an extra pair of eyes and hands here.
Saludos desde México.
cR