37Signals - Please give Sortfolio to OpenDomain

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by opendomain • 14 years ago

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opendomain2• 14 years ago

website: http://OpenDomain.Org

Not sure if my website will be able to be able to take the hit, so I will copy the story here:

Dear 37Signals,

Please give Sortfolio.Com to OpenDomain

I have been a HUGE fan 37Signals and when I heard you were looking for a new home for it, and had not received any offers for it, so I would like to ask you to donate it to OpenDomain.

OpenDomain is "Open Source for Domains" - we give domains to Open Source groups for FREE! We are the ‘Anti-squatter’

We gave Drupal.Com to Dries Buytaert: "OpenDomain's generous donation will enable us to extend Drupal's presence and facilitate continued growth of the Drupal project. We are very grateful for this contribution."

We gave Ecmascript.Org to Brendan Eich, OsCon.Com to Tim O'Reilly, Xmpp.Org to Jabber, FosDem.Org to the Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting, and Schema.Org to Google and dozens more.

We have NEVER sold a domain - we give them to support Open Source or charities.

We promise to give Sortfolio.Com a good home and will give 100% support to everyone that uses it. We will never sell it - we will use it to promote open source.

P.S. We also own Ohprah.com and OMagazine.com that we would love to give to Oprah Winfrey - if anyone would let her know, we would be very grateful!

Update: we have also been featured on Linux.Com for another high profile domain we donated

smoyer• 14 years ago

If sortfolio.com was just a domain, you might be justified in asking 37Signals to donate it ... but it's an application and the domain is one small but integral part. The application's branding is built around the domain name and I'm sure they've trademarked the name "Sortfolio".

Would you really ask Kelloggs to give you Tony the Tiger while stating they could market Frosted Flakes in generic black and white packaging?

opendomain2• 14 years ago

37Signals is currently selling the domain, so the transfer of the domain would include any trademarks. We are asking for both the domain and the application, so we an support the current users

freedomains• 14 years ago

I thought Sortfolio was sold last year?

37Signals - Please give Sortfolio to OpenDomain

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