Domains that leverage EF trademarks must be owned by the EF
Note that we consider all distinctive names of Eclipse projects -- whether they are formally registered or not -- to be trademarks of the Eclipse Foundation (referred to as "common law" trademarks in many jurisdictions).
The handbook currently places very strong limitations on the use of domains.
It's commonplace for projects to have their own domains. What's actually important is that -- in order for the EF to be able to provide certain protections for the trademarks -- the EF needs to own and manage any domain that leverages our trademarks. So... this is the actual rule: domains that leverage Eclipse Foundation trademarks must be owned by the Eclipse Foundation.
If a project team takes it upon themselves to acquire a domain, they must transfer ownership of that domain to the Eclipse Foundation. The Eclipse Foundation does not generally acquire domains on behalf of projects, selecting a domain (and how to pay for the initial acquisition of that domain) are matters for the project team to sort out.