When I first went looking for Open Gaming info, I found the .com site, which
pointed me to the .org site. It also provided a fast way to get some basic
questions answered with the 'unofficial' faq. With that said, I can't see a
bad intent at all in what Faust is doing.. If anything, I consider his site
a service..
Admittedly, Opengamingfoundation.org was established about 9 months prior to
Fausts domains, but if Wizards/Ryan had concerns about the domain names, I
am sure they could have registered the other two in that time. Fausts .com
didn't register till Oct 17th, 2000.. compared to the .org registering
1/31/2000.
Seems to me that there really isn't a problem since the domains were left
open for 9 months..
-Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynn Fredricks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 10:28 PM
Subject: Domain Abuse (was RE: [ogf-d20-l] FAQ)
> > I've been meaning to ask about whether you registered
> > opengamingfoundation.com Before or After the flame war about your
> > FAQ being
> > official?
>
> It looks like he picked up .net while he was at it.
>
> I really wonder what you (Faust) are trying to do with that. Ryan already
> has .org, and given that there are mechanisms in place to very
inexpensively
> yank those away from you, all you've done is set yourself up to a) lose
the
> fees you paid to WorldNIC, and b) make yourself look rather foolish at the
> same time. The "bad faith" provision couldnt be easier to prove,
especially
> since (at least) the .com version points to your website.
>
> If I were you, Id quietly transfer those over to Ryan or crawl under a
rock.
>
> --Lynn
>
>
