above and beyond our opinion of cybersquatters, notice that the domain is not .org. The Drupal Association, or someone in Sweden acting on their behalf, should be able to get drupal.org.se In Argentina, proof of existence of membership and authorization of an organization is required to take out a site, like drupal.org.ar Now, this depends on the Swedish registrar organization, so that's where the solution can be found. On Jan 3, 2008 2:01 PM, Sean Robertson <seanr@ngpsoftware.com> wrote:
My opinion of cybersquatters is not fit for print. If I had my way, what he's doing would be completely illegal. If there's any way Dries can sue his ass for trademark infringement, I think he should. That guy has no right to profit from the Drupal name and holding the domain hostage like that is totally disrespectful to the community who's software he's (still!!) using. What a f***ing schmuck.
Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
The owner of the domain offering it for sale is Carl McDade, now known as Hiveminds.
Carl had some friction with the community back in 2004 or 2005 (Can't remember). You can check the development mailing list archives for details.
On Jan 3, 2008 9:16 AM, Thomas Barregren <thomas@webbredaktoren.se <mailto:thomas@webbredaktoren.se>> wrote:
Dear fellows,
I was deeply choked to find out today that the domain the Drupal domain in Sweden -- drupal.se <http://drupal.se> -- is for sale for €25,000 EUR, that is approximately $36,730 USD!!
See http://groups.drupal.org/node/7948 and http://hiveminds.co.uk/drupal.se.
Best regards, Thomas
-- Khalid M. Baheyeldin 2bits.com <http://2bits.com>, Inc. http://2bits.com Drupal optimization, development, customization and consulting.
-- Sean Robertson Web Developer NGP Software, Inc. seanr@ngpsoftware.com (202) 686-9330 http://www.ngpsoftware.com