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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 <jeff.ramsdale@gmail.com> 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 <rick@innis.ca> 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.
> >>
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