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A little story about domains. Back in 2004, when Ubuntu came out, I bought Ubuntu.it (and later Kubuntu.it) to host my blog, which was about Linux and Ubuntu.
by simonebrunozzi 3y ago
A little story about domains.
Back in 2004, when Ubuntu came out, I bought Ubuntu.it (and later Kubuntu.it) to host my blog, which was about Linux and Ubuntu. The blog was in Italian, hence my interest for the .it TLD.
I used them for a couple of years or so, then was approached by some of the Italian Ubuntu community members, as they wanted to be able to use the domain.
I decided to donate both domains to Ubuntu, with a simple condition: at the bottom of the page I wanted a small phrase which would say "kindly donated by Ubuntista". The phrase stayed there for a few months, then disappeared. I decided not to complain, even though I still don't like the fact that they didn't stick to their promise.
p.s. I like Ubuntu, I met and am a fan of Mark Shuttleworth, and I advocated Ubuntu for several years, even when I was at AWS.
- dorianmariefr 3y agoYou can keep control of the domain while pointing the DNS to some IP
- gurchik 3y agoIt looks like the domains aren’t used anymore, I get redirected to Ubuntu-it.org. I tried to do a WHOIS search but the .it TLD isn’t supported.
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- jraph 3y agoOn the other hand, they could have sued you over trademark infringement and didn't, couldn't they?
- hitekker 3y agoTheir power to hurt the GP doesn’t excuse breaking an agreement made in good faith.
- jjtheblunt 3y agoThat likely depends on whether they had registered trademarks in Italy beforehand.
- simonebrunozzi 3y agoNo, they couldn't. It wasn't trademarked in Italy.
- mtmail 3y agoMeanwhile the Linux distro Gentoo decided to ceast-and-desist us over using gartoo as domain name, a real estate search engine. They don't sound familiar, they're clearly not competitors, color and logo completely different. Sadly my employer at that time caved and moved the product to a different domain.