Transferring kde.gr.jp to KDE e.V.

[Jumpei Ogawa]

Hi Ben, Lydia,

Thank you for confirmation.

> One small detail: I note that *.gr.jp domains have to
> registered by a group registered with the Japanese
> Government.

I don't think so. *.gr.jp is for GRoups and it could be registered by any
organization established in Japan. You may confuse it with *.go.jp which is
for Japanese GOvernmental organizations.

However *.gr.jp owners have to be organizations established in Japan, so
the owner in whois may need to be Japan KDE Users Group, not KDE e.V.

In addition, *.gr.jp domains are now obsolete and you cannot register new
one. Transfer should be still allowed, but I wonder if KDE e.V.'s registrar
support it.

> We can certainly takeover hosting of DNS and the web
> redirect though to simplify things there for you.
>
> We can implement 2) and 3) easily enough, and don't need
> domain ownership to do so.
> Having the mail server still under your control is fine by me,
> 4) is of no issue either.

OK, thanks.
I will discuss other Japan community members in case we can't transfer, but
I believe proceeding only 2) ~ 4) is also fine for them.

>>> Is it possible to transfer kde.gr.jp domain to JP members
>>> again, in case it is necessary?
>> The board would need to approve such a transfer.
>> They can comment more in regards to this as to what
>> obstacles we might face there.
>
> It should be possible but that obviously depends on the
> details and if we can be sure it is going into the right hands
> then.

All right, I'll share and discuss with Japanese community.

Best,
Jumpei

On Thu, Feb 2, 2017, 17:42 Lydia Pintscher <lydia at kde.org> wrote:

On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 9:09 AM, Ben Cooksley <bcooksley at kde.org> wrote:
>> Recently I discussed with Japanese community members, and decided to ask
>> domain transfer.
>> If you are still willing to accept transfer, we'd like to transfer it.
>
> That's up to the Board - which i've CC'ed.
> If they're happy to accept owning kde.gr.jp as a domain we can sort
> out the technical details.

This is fine for the board.

> One small detail: I note that *.gr.jp domains have to registered by a
> group registered with the Japanese Government.
> The KDE e.V. won't be obviously, which may present certain issues -
suggestions?

None from my side unfortunately.

>> Some Japanese community members concerns if you can transfer kde.gr.jp
>> domain to JP members again, in case JP members want to manage domain by
>> themselves in the future.
>>
>> Is it possible to transfer kde.gr.jp domain to JP members again, in case
it
>> is necessary?
>
> The board would need to approve such a transfer.
> They can comment more in regards to this as to what obstacles we might
> face there.

It should be possible but that obviously depends on the details and if
we can be sure it is going into the right hands then.


Cheers
Lydia

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