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Re: June 7th Meeting report:
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lugnet.org.us.nelug
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Thu, 8 Jun 2000 16:39:52 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Eric Joslin writes:
> > Interestingly
> > though Todd owns lugnet.com and lugnet.org but not lugnet.net .
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> It's not that odd. Lugnet is not a not-for-profit organisation (which is what
> .org is for), nor is it a network service provider (which is what .net is
> for).
> For the same reason, NELUG shouldn't register nelug.com or nelug.net.
That's why I thought it was odd that Todd does own lugnet.org . Maybe it was
something he did when he had the origional idea for LUGNET and later switched
to .com but he does also own .org
Eric Kingsley,
The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
View My Creations at:
http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
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| (...) D'oh. I misread. Yeah, I'm sure he has a good reason. I can actually think of an argument for Lugnet being a non-profit, but there's obviously a big ol' legal difference, and obviously I know nothing about the legal workings of Lugnet, so I'll (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
| | | Re: June 7th Meeting report:
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| (...) It is non-profit in the sense that it's not currently profitable; however, it is not currently a not-for-profit organisation. (...) lugnet.com was registered on 16 Jan 1997 and lugnet.org was registered on 18 Sep 1998. The lugnet.org domain is (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| (...) Aaaah. OK. I thought maybe someone had been in touch and tried to tell you they had some kind of right to the domain. There are a number of reasons that we have an ironclad case with the InterNIC for keeping the name, though, so I don't think (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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