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The former project lead refused to surrender the domain names and instead is selling them via the KiCad mailing list: https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-develope
by PragmaticPulp 5y ago
The former project lead refused to surrender the domain names and instead is selling them via the KiCad mailing list: https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg45358.html https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg45358.html
DigiKey is the real hero of this story:
> When the KiCad Project formally became a registered project under the Linux Foundation, we attempted to secure the rights to the original domain name from Dick without success.
> In the meantime, Digikey Corporation purchased the kicad.org domain name from squatters and donated it to the KiCad Project.
It’s too bad they didn’t start migrating to the kicad.org domain name earlier. Changing domains is always hard but they should have started the migration at first signs of trouble with the old domain holder, not after he had sold it away.
- alangibson 5y agoOne more reason to love DigiKey
- delfinom 5y agoWe migrated in 2020. The post is badly worded. We updated the vast majority of links in our control at the time. Third party links however are always a pita.
- sethhillbrand 5y ago> The former project lead refused to surrender the domain names We actually offered to purchase the domain names from him. We don't know how much he sold them for but we were not given the chance to bid against whoever eventually bought them.