Thanks for the support, Rob. You were EXACTLY the target audience for the
FAQ and it always makes it worthwhile to hear that it helped someone out.
Hurrah!
Faust
>From: "Grok" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Domain Abuse (was RE: [ogf-d20-l] FAQ)
>Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 00:31:37 -0800
>
>When I first went looking for Open Gaming info, I found the .com site,
>which
>pointed me to the .org site. It also provided a fast way to get some basic
>questions answered with the 'unofficial' faq. With that said, I can't see a
>bad intent at all in what Faust is doing.. If anything, I consider his site
>a service..
>Admittedly, Opengamingfoundation.org was established about 9 months prior
>to
>Fausts domains, but if Wizards/Ryan had concerns about the domain names, I
>am sure they could have registered the other two in that time. Fausts .com
>didn't register till Oct 17th, 2000.. compared to the .org registering
>1/31/2000.
>
>Seems to me that there really isn't a problem since the domains were left
>open for 9 months..
>-Rob
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Lynn Fredricks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 10:28 PM
>Subject: Domain Abuse (was RE: [ogf-d20-l] FAQ)
>
>
> > > I've been meaning to ask about whether you registered
> > > opengamingfoundation.com Before or After the flame war about your
> > > FAQ being
> > > official?
> >
> > It looks like he picked up .net while he was at it.
> >
> > I really wonder what you (Faust) are trying to do with that. Ryan
>already
> > has .org, and given that there are mechanisms in place to very
>inexpensively
> > yank those away from you, all you've done is set yourself up to a) lose
>the
> > fees you paid to WorldNIC, and b) make yourself look rather foolish at
>the
> > same time. The "bad faith" provision couldnt be easier to prove,
>especially
> > since (at least) the .com version points to your website.
> >
> > If I were you, Id quietly transfer those over to Ryan or crawl under a
>rock.
> >
> > --Lynn
> >
> >
>
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