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Tr.im goes open source, avoids porn-redirection fate

VentureBeat  Aug 17 09

The URL shortening service, Tr.im, may have finally found a way out of its predicament by going open-source and becoming community-owned.

Nambu, the company behind Tr.im, will relinquish ownership of the domain name, release the source code and open the real-time data it collects publicly, according to the company blog. The company’s founder, Eric Woodward, said he’ll personally cover any shortfall in Tr.im’s expenses while welcoming donations from the public.

A little over a week ago, Woodward said he was shutting down the service because the maintenance costs were unsustainable. Full story...



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