If I remember correctly ---
It was Christmas Eve, when Dyyryath, ColinT, JTrinkle and myself had a conference call, JTrinkle came up with the name, we voted and I registered it.
We then contacted Marc_1 who agreed to host our IRC Server, and soon after that, DarknessProductions mirrored it.
Domain Name:FREE-DC.ORG
Created On:24-Dec-2001 05:13:53 UTC
You can also read the 2nd post on the Forum by ColinT
http://www.free-dc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=2
Also the 1st post for the Forum
http://www.free-dc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1