Marek Peteraj <marpet(a)naex.sk> writes: I might or might not agree with the above sentence (I don't, especially because I don't quite digest people who tell me what I should or shouldn't do) but in any case it answers a completely different question. As was already pointed out, mailing lists (as well as projects, consortia, associations, whatever) get created and if there is no interest they die (aside from the fact that the mailing lists currently working on linuxaudio.org are quite consortium specific). And anyway you can always Cc: two mailing lists if you feel a subject is worth dicussing on both places. The whole issue of the domain name still looks quite ridicolous to me, given that: - linuxaudio.org is not the only domain name available which could fulfill the role of a "entrance" or "meeting point" (as Steve Harris already pointed out); - linuxaudio.org has been available for ages. Why didn't anybody care (why didn't *you* care) to register it if it had such a symbolic importance for the whole "community" (whatever this "community" is) ? Anyway, as a member of the Consortium, as soon as the voting mechanisms are set up, I will propose the creation of relevant sub-domains to host (and/or redirect to) Libre Software audio projects. For example: jackit.linuxaudio.org ardour.linuxaudio.org ecasound.linuxaudio.org and/or news.linuxaudio.org (for general news) help.linuxaudio.org (for general help) Any proposals are appreciated. I don't get your point, but I'm very interested in your (or anybody else's) ideas on how Libre Software can and should be legally protected from abuse (which, mind you, doesn't necessarily come from companies, but anyway). I didn't understand this. I've put consortium(a)lists.linuxaudio.org in Cc:, please keep it (and remove linux-audio-dev if you feel this discussion is off topic here). bye, andrea