Re: Domain Abuse (was RE: [ogf-d20-l] FAQ)

[Infinite Possibilities]

Hello,

Brad Thompson wrote:

> I don't have a commercial interest in d20, to me the issue is one of
> intentional misdirection.  As was said earlier, nobody looking for Earth
> 1066 is going to type 'opengamingfoundation.com'.  Likewise, nobody typing
> 'opengamgingfoundation.com' is going to be expecting to find Earth 1066.  I
> have nothing against Earth 1066, nor Faustus's views, but his use of the
> opengamingfoundation domain name to funnel traffic through his site is poor
> netiquette, and the powers that rule over domain names call it unethical.

Actually, I wish he had done it earlier, since Ryan didn't. When I was first
looking for the site, I couldn't find it, and it took me almost 20 minutes of
checking the spelling and trying other things before I found out it was .org.
If faust had had the names then, I could have gone to the FAQ, saw the link to
the Foundation's website in the first paragraph, it is obviously a link and
stands out, and been there in less than 5 minutes.

Have Fun,
Darren