OpenDomain.org owner: Selfless FOSS helper or domain squatter?

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jul 16, 2008 7:00 PM EDT
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OpenDomain.org is an organization that offers to provide free use of certain domain names to worthwhile open source projects. Ric Johnson, the leader of OpenDomain.org and the owner of dozens of domain names, says he has spent thousands of dollars registering those domains in order to prevent "squatters and phishers" from snapping them up. He's keeping them safe so you can have a chance to use them. However, to some people, based on Johnson's past practices, it's not clear how OpenDomain.org differs from other organizations that buy up domain names in the hopes of future gains.

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He's probably OK tracyanne 0 563 Jul 16, 2008 8:06 PM

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