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Re: The gimp.org domain has expired

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This is exactly why we created a domain name/ssl reminder tool: http://www.expirify.com . A really easy mistake to make and very costly, I hope they get it back

How is this necessary if there is a grace period after a domain expires?

You can't use your domain in grace period until you pay. It gets redirected.

Re: The gimp.org domain has expired

#22

This is exactly why we created a domain name/ssl reminder tool: http://www.expirify.com . A really easy mistake to make and very costly, I hope they get it back

Shouldn't the registrar do that? Namecheap sends me multiple emails when any of my domains is about to expire, it's just common business sense.

Re: The gimp.org domain has expired

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This is exactly why we created a domain name/ssl reminder tool: http://www.expirify.com . A really easy mistake to make and very costly, I hope they get it back

Shouldn't the registrar do that? Namecheap sends me multiple emails when any of my domains is about to expire, it's just common business sense.

1&1 and gandi both offer automatic renewal. In fact I don't think I would use a registrar that didn't offer that.

More likely what happened was that the guy who was incharge disappeared and/or his credit card number changed. And when the registrar tried to renew - it couldn't and I'm sure sent tons of emails of "HEY YOU NEED TO FIX THIS". Something similar almost happened to CentOS.

Re: The gimp.org domain has expired

#27

Question: Alternative download links for Mac and Windows? (No Sourcforge)

Looks like Fosshub has it: http://www.fosshub.com/GIMP.html

(to anyone who knows this: it looks to me like fosshub wants to be the anti-sourceforge, the new home for binary opensource downloads, and that they're non-evil. is this true?)

Re: The gimp.org domain has expired

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Question: Alternative download links for Mac and Windows? (No Sourcforge)

Looks like Fosshub has it: http://www.fosshub.com/GIMP.html (to anyone who knows this: it looks to me like fosshub wants to be the anti-sourceforge, the new home for binary opensource downloads, and that they're non-evil. is this true?)

It seems legitimate, and I agree with their stance (if not their tone) in the "Controversy" section of their FAQ.

I'd love to see them put out a tool similar to Ninite, though I don't know if they have the resources to allocate for that.

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