SPI to transfer domain names to OSI (NewsForge)
NewsForge covers the transfer of the opensource.org domain name to the Open Source Initiative. "
However, the issue dates back to 1998, when Bruce Perens left SPI to help found OSI and failed to transfer rights to the domain. The issue has been contentious ever since, with OSI regularly requesting the transfer and many SPI supporters arguing against it on the grounds that OSI was not suitably governed for a non-profit society -- an argument that often seems to have been a front for hostility left over from the original split between the two organizations. Opposition to the transfer seems to be especially strong among Debian developers, the largest and oldest project supported by SPI."