Red Hat fails to take WeMakeFedora.org [LWN.net]

Red Hat fails to take WeMakeFedora.org

Posted Mar 18, 2022 0:12 UTC (Fri) by jschrod (subscriber, #1646)
In reply to: Red Hat fails to take WeMakeFedora.org by brunowolff
Parent article: Red Hat fails to take WeMakeFedora.org

This is not about shutting down commentary.

This is about fighting one troll who did already sever damage to other open source projects in the past. (Jon posted a link to an LWN.net article that I don't want to repeat - don't feed the trolls!)

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Red Hat fails to take WeMakeFedora.org

Posted Mar 18, 2022 9:48 UTC (Fri) by brunowolff (guest, #71160) [Link] (2 responses)

The end does not justify the means. Taking the domain is not a proper way to do that and I think it is a good thing that Red Hat lost in their attempt to do so.

Red Hat fails to take WeMakeFedora.org

Posted Mar 18, 2022 11:31 UTC (Fri) by jschrod (subscriber, #1646) [Link] (1 responses)

Bullocks. The whole issue is about the means and not the end.

This guy has a proven record to impersonate as a member of open source projects that have banned him. He registered Web sites (as a mean) to spread slander and harassment (the end). Here, he registered a Web site that shall obviously be used to repeat his tactic, as he did with Debian and other projects.

Thus, guy uses a *deceptive* domain registration that was obviously made *in bad faith* as a mean to further his end. Trying to stop that is a fight against his mean, not against his end.

This was already explained to you by josh and bluca. Your reaction to josh was not constructive. Please note, that this is LWN.net and not Slashdot.

Red Hat fails to take WeMakeFedora.org

Posted Mar 18, 2022 17:01 UTC (Fri) by brunowolff (guest, #71160) [Link]

I disagree. Red Hat should have no right to seize domains from other people. The domain wemakefedora.com could be a meanifull reference to lots of things that have nothing to do with the Fedora Project that does software development. Several replies have been about how bad this person is and how this jusifies siezing that domain. That is exactly using the end to justify the means. If the web site contained trademark violations or some kinds of defamation then there are legal remedies to stop that behaivor that don't involve seizing the domain and could be more effective, since there are lots of domain names that could be used as a way to easily reach the site. I think the determination was correct in that this was an abuse of process by Red Hat and they should have used a different forum for trying to deal with this issue.