I've a two letter github name and I've just been contacted by a company asking (nicely) if I'd be interested in transferring ownership of this name to them. Is there any convention around this, eg is it expected I'd ask for money?
Ask HN: I've been asked if I'd like to give up my GitHub name
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Re: Ask HN: I've been asked if I'd like to give up my GitHub name
#2There probably isn't convention around this, since GitHub is relatively new. But yeah, ask for money!
Re: Ask HN: I've been asked if I'd like to give up my GitHub name
#3Please let the name be "fu".
Re: Ask HN: I've been asked if I'd like to give up my GitHub name
#4of course ask for money. use domain name market as ref. take your two letter domain name price -- and ask for some fraction of that for you gh name -- by the logic that github is one of x number of important web presences for a company.
Re: Ask HN: I've been asked if I'd like to give up my GitHub name
#5Definitely ask for money, if it's a for-profit company wanting the username.
Re: Ask HN: I've been asked if I'd like to give up my GitHub name
#6Please let the name be "fu".
no, it's nothing clever, just my initials. Also happens to be the same as the initials of the company in question
Re: Ask HN: I've been asked if I'd like to give up my GitHub name
#7Don't ask for money directly. It might be a setup for a trademark claim.
Re: Ask HN: I've been asked if I'd like to give up my GitHub name
#8Don't ask for money directly. It might be a setup for a trademark claim.
How? It's only two letters, so it would be like YCombinator making a trademark claim on yc
I agree on not asking for money directly though
Re: Ask HN: I've been asked if I'd like to give up my GitHub name
#9Whether you ask for money or not is up to you, but as a matter of protocol, your github account is your property as much as the shoes you're wearing.
If someone else wants it, you're not at all obligated to give it to them.
If you do entertain the idea of giving it to them, you're very much entitled to compensation.
Re: Ask HN: I've been asked if I'd like to give up my GitHub name
#10Don't ask for money directly. It might be a setup for a trademark claim.
How? It's only two letters, so it would be like YCombinator making a trademark claim on yc I agree on not asking for money directly though
There are many 2 letter trademarks.
It's not 100%, just a possible risk to be aware of.