The Ubuntu Forums were created by Ryan Troy in October 2004.<ref>[http://ubuntuforums.org/index.php?page=about About Ubuntu Forums]</ref>. The forums became a popular resource for Ubuntu and were deemed the Official Ubuntu Forums in November 2004. The forums hosting continued to be maintained and paid for by Ryan and the occasional donations of forum community members until March 2006, when Canonical graciously offered hostingto forhost the forums on its own servers. In June of 2007, the forums' ___domain name, license, and assets were all transferred to Canonical, which is now themaintains sole ownerownership<ref>[http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1688713&seqNum=2 ofUbuntu theForums forumsHistory]</ref>.
