Hi Lee,

That would be fine, just know that the Pinot website has the same privacy 
policy issues: https://whimsy.apache.org/site/project/pinot

Best,
Dave

> On Feb 20, 2024, at 12:36 PM, Lee Rhodes <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> We are investigating a web-site deployment model exemplified by what Pinot is 
> doing.  Their website front page is clearly hosted by ASF, but all of their 
> documentation is hosted by GitBook.com.  Documentation is clearly an Apache 
> copyrighted asset.  And I didn't see GitBook listed on the policy pages as an 
> allowed alternative.  So I'm wondering if this is something we could do as 
> well.
> 
> On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 12:16 PM Dave Fisher <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Hi Lee,
> 
> 
> > On Feb 20, 2024, at 11:45 AM, Lee Rhodes <[email protected] 
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> > 
> > Dave,
> > On https://whimsy.apache.org/site/project/datasketches 
> > <https://whimsy.apache.org/site/project/datasketches> under the "Resources" 
> > row, it has the link Websites must not link to externally hosted resources. 
> >  
> > 
> > However, the site that it links to: 
> > https://privacy.apache.org/faq/committers.html 
> > <https://privacy.apache.org/faq/committers.html> does NOT make such a broad 
> > statement  as "Websites must not link to externally hosted resources", 
> > instead it lists some very specific cases.  
> > 
> > Also the site: https://privacy.apache.org/policies/website-policy.html 
> > <https://privacy.apache.org/policies/website-policy.html> does not make 
> > such a broad statement either and lists specific examples of what is not 
> > allowed. 
> 
> 4) Using Assets from other Domains
> 
> Assets (JavaScript files or snippets, images, fonts, CSS, etc.) from other 
> domains cannot be loaded. All assets need to be hosted on ASF servers.
> 
> For example look at yesterday's commits on 
> https://gitub.com/apache/incubator/ <https://gitub.com/apache/incubator/> to 
> move FontAwesome from CDN to the incubator website.
> 
> > What is the underlying principal or property that disqualifies the use of 
> > the listed specific cases?
> 
> GPDR concerns - ask on [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> 
> > 
> > May I conclude that our website can link to an externally hosted resource 
> > as long as it is not one of the examples listed under the policy pages?
> 
> You can certainly link to other domains. It is assets that must be in an 
> apache domain including the conferences.
> 
> Best,
> Dave
> 
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Lee
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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