[Sks-devel] Crypto-related domain name auction to benefit FSF and FSFE

[David Shaw]

Hi everyone,

I have a few crypto-related domain names that I bought a few years ago for one 
project or another.  (Among other ideas, I had once thought to set up a 'who 
will sign my PGP key?' exchange, but then biglumber.com did it so well, there 
was little point in doing it all over again).  I've been sitting on the domains 
for a while, but they're not really doing anyone any good like that.  So, 
rather than just letting them expire and be snapped up by link farms, I thought 
I could do something more useful for the community - auction them off and 
donate the money to the FSF and FSFE.

The 5 domain names are:

  keyservers.net
  keyservers.org
  (I don't own keyservers.com - it's parked by someone with advertising links 
on it)

  keysigners.com
  keysigners.net
  keysigners.org

I figured a two-week auction period would do it, but if someone feels strongly 
that isn't enough time, let me know.  The basic idea is that people can send me 
their bids for each domain name, and I will post the current high bids (without 
identifying the bidder) on http://www.jabberwocky.com/domain-auction.html

After the auction is over, I will notify the high bidder for each domain that 
they are the winner.  The auction winner is responsible for sending the winning 
bid directly to the FSF or FSFE (winner's choice).  An easy way to do this is 
via Paypal to address@hidden or address@hidden, but other means are available 
if necessary.  Once the FSF or FSFE confirms to me the donation has arrived, 
the auction winner and I can do the usual domain name transfer process.

Any questions or comments?  I'd like to start the auction on Monday (May 24th). 
 Feel free to forward this note to anyone who might be interested in the 
domains.

David