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by rectang 707 days ago
Just because the ASF's officers won't go to jail for changing the name doesn't mean there aren't any legal ramifications. Trademarks are a legal issue, for starters. Defending the Foundation's trademarks is a big part of what goes on, even if most of that work is done quietly and non-confrontationally.

Technical issues would involve for example the apache.org domain, and all the security issues from decades worth of links pointing to it.

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A domain rewrite permanent redirect is pretty straightforward.