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CyanogenMod Domain Hijacked
An anonymous reader writes "The team behind CyanogenMod, one of the most popular community-driven, Android-based operating systems for phones and tablets, has announced that they're moving to Cyanogenmod.org after their .com domain was held ransom by a community member. He had been in control of the .com domain name for some time, but the team found out he was impersonating Cyanogen to make deals with community sites. When they removed his access to other parts of the CM infrastructure, he demanded $10,000 to relinquish control of the domain and threatened to change the DNS entries. When they refused to pay, he went through with it. The team is now disputing control of the domain with ICANN. They said, 'We will continue to be open about the what, when, how, but unfortunately, we may never know the "why" – though greed comes to mind. The team itself has not made a profit off of CM and that is not our goal. But to have one of our own betray the community like this is beyond our comprehension.'"
Whenever the subject is brought up, it would be appropriate to NAME the perp and note his background info.
No libel, no slander, just sufficient identification that anyone considering teaming with this fellow can make a fully informed decision.
It's not revenge, just self-defense.
"This post is an artistic work of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact."