As I recall, the trademark has expired (I believe they are very expensive to maintain). But as any domain squatter knows, the name is where most of the value is. I agree that jini.org must be preserved somehow, even if it redirects.
-jeff On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Greg Trasuk<[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, 2009-06-25 at 14:42, Sam Chance wrote: >> Wow! This whole topic is scary. I know factually Jini is still >> relevant in certain places. I don't want it to die, personally. >> >> Is there an easy way for individuals (like me) to acquire the content >> on jini.org? >> >> Can we set up a fund or account using Paypal? This would allow us to >> individually contribute, as long as a trusted agent disperses funds to >> pay the bills. >> >> Also, can we change the wiki model to a controlled access site? Casual >> visitors get read-only rights. Others may apply for write-enabled >> accounts. >> >> I am willing to pay the bills as the trusted agent, if the group is >> willing to allow me. >> >> Just don't let it die. >> >> Sam >> > > I agree. Don't let it die, and I've always thought that Jini should > have an identity apart from River. I very much like the idea of a > Paypal donation page. Does anyone know how to do that? If there were > sufficient funds donated, it would be great to setup some sort of entity > to hold the Jini trademarks and own the domain. > > Cheers, > > Greg. > >> On 6/25/09, Jeff Ramsdale <[email protected]> wrote: >> > jini.org is currently hosted at Dreamhost and is run on Mediawiki. >> > I'm open to whatever the community decides. It's been frustrating combating >> > the spammers while trying to keep jini.org as open as possible (per wiki >> > culture). I'd be more defensive of keeping the site if the community had >> > taken greater ownership of it, but a lot of the content is stuff I copied >> > from the previous site (like the Jini specs and all the content from Jini >> > Community Meetings). I'd really hate to lose the JCM stuff, in particular. >> > >> > -jeff >> > >> > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 8:23 AM, Rick Innis <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> This is just a heads up that we have to decide if we want to >> >>> keep Jini.org around. The site has been around since the >> >>> inception of the Jini Community in 1999, and has gone through >> >>> a number of transformations over the years. It's current state >> >>> is that it is wiki-based and hosted by Dreamhost. >> >>> >> >> >> >> I use Dreamhost for my own hosting, and I'd be happy to add the >> >> jini.orgsite to that. >> >> >> >> We have an outstanding bill for $239.40 that is due by July 8th to keep >> >>> the site going. >> >>> >> >> >> >> I' also happy to chip in towards this. >> >> >> >> We can either: >> >>> - try to consolidate and move the content to Apache River, >> >>> - figure out how to fund the Jini.org site, or >> >>> - just let the site (and content) expire. >> >>> >> >> >> >> I agree with Patrick that the domain name should be kept up. I think >> >> migrating the useful content to the Apache River project is probably a >> >> good >> >> idea, and eventually redirecting jini.org there - it makes it clear that >> >> there's one source for the project. >> >> >> >> R. >> >> >> >> =========================================================================== >> >> To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] and include in the >> >> body >> >> of the message "signoff JAVASPACES-USERS". For general help, send email >> >> to >> >> [email protected] and include in the body of the message "help". >> >> >> >> To view past JAVASPACES-USERS postings, please see: >> >> http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/javaspaces-users.html >> >> >> > >> >> -- >> Sent from my mobile device >> >> Sam Chance >> 443-694-5293 (m) >> 410-694-0240 x108 (o) > -- > Greg Trasuk, President > StratusCom Manufacturing Systems Inc. - We use information technology to > solve business problems on your plant floor. > http://stratuscom.com > >
