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August 26th, 2005

Open Domains For All

By John Tintle
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews

During my travels around the glorious Internet, I ran across OpenDomain.org. OpenDomain offers free use of domain names for individuals or groups. OpenDomain does not sell or transfer the domain to you but allows you to use their extra domains. From their website:


    Open Source Domains for FREE
    We have many domains that are planned for future development, that due to time constraints, we are unable to use at this time.
    We are firm believers of the internet mantra of sharing and Open Source, so we would like to provide their use to a responsible group.
    NOTE: This is NOT an offer to sell any domain. We can NOT transfer any domains to you.
    You may USE any domain for any purpose, and keep any profit
    There is NO charge for this. All we ask are few simple TERMS

OpenDomains Terms of Use:

    1. The domain should be used by a group most closely associated to the context of its name
    2. The domain must be actively marketed

      1. Periodic content changes
      2. Regular submission to search engines

    3. Only one domain may be used per group
    4. We would like a link on all pages
    5. NO Pop-ups
    6. NO automatic re-direction to other sites
    7. NO objectionable content
    1. No adult material
    2. No defamatory comments
    8. NO SPAM

John Says: While I think this idea has some merit, I just can’t help but wonder, what happens if the site becomes extremely popular? Will they hold your(their) domain for hostage, and kill off your website if you don’t pay the ransom? Anyway I thought this was a novel idea and needed to be shared.

For a list of OpenDomain’s free domains click here

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6 comments to "Open Domains For All"

  1. Rob says:

    “We have many domains that are planned for future development, that due to time constraints, we are unable to use at this time.”

    Eh, so what happens when they decide that it’s time to develop on that domain?

    Looks like it hasn’t been active in months anyway…

    August 26th, 2005 at 8:51 pm

  2. vivek says:

    I don’t get his idea.. why anyone would go for his domain? You can get your own for less than $5-6? And if you are really OpenSource developer then sf.net is more than sufficent.

    August 28th, 2005 at 3:15 am

  3. Greg says:

    So, no adult material? Then why do they have these domains:
    VaginaWarrior.Org
    BisexualChic.Com
    InterSexual.Org
    Lingriebowl.Com
    LingerieFootballLeague.Com
    DallasDesire.Com
    ChicagoPassion.Com
    UnderwearBowl.Com
    ???

    August 28th, 2005 at 12:48 pm

  4. OpenDomain.Org says:

    About OpenDomain

    We have received quite alot of questions lately, and I would like to clear the air.
    First of all - thank you for all the feedback and interest in OpenDomain! We are very excited about growing ‘Open Source for Domains’.
    If you have asked t…

    August 31st, 2005 at 7:23 pm

  5. Jezek says:

    Hello. I was wondering when I could get the site, videomods.com

    September 5th, 2005 at 7:37 pm

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