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The Doctor What <docwhat@gerf.org> wrote:
> Gerf, pronounced with a hard "G", is un-related. I will not contact them
> to ask their permission for this domain as I don't want to know their
> answer. Their rules about "internet addresses" are vague (is
> www.gerf.org/~lego not allowed? How about lego@gerf.org?). I don't
> really want to play with their lawyers.
Good move.
> Do we have more history on that? I imagine lego just bullied
> homepages.com. Not a possible tactic here, I *own* gerf.org.
Really? Do you provide your own hosting or do you pay someone else
for it? Do you provide your own pipe if you own the machine? I'd
say if TLG wanted to cut you off they could find someone willing to
agree with them, but that's the pessimist in me speaking.
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| (...) Well.....I don't pay for the pipe, but me and Jerry own gerf.org to the last screw. I'm not sure what would happen if they tried. With the way things are going, I suspect that I could find a lawyer in Silicon Valley.... Ciao! (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Gerf, pronounced with a hard "G", is un-related. I will not contact them to ask their permission for this domain as I don't want to know their answer. Their rules about "internet addresses" are vague (is www.gerf.org/~lego not allowed? How (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
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