For 10 and forward yes. For older downloads, which are not part of the ASF, we 
need to figure out what to do with them.

--
Jason Porter
Software Engineer
He/Him/His

IBM


From: Alex Porcelli <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 19:18
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [DISCUSSION] Web site maintenance
Thank you, Toshiya!

In regards the downloads, I'd argue that it would be better to move to
Apache. As it's the new `owner` of the brands.

On Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM Toshiya Kobayashi
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have filed a GH issue for the old docs migration. I'll work on this.
>
> https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-issues/issues/2138 
>
> Btw, regarding old version downloads, they are still available in
>
> https://download.jboss.org/drools/release/ 
> https://download.jboss.org/optaplanner/release/ 
> https://download.jboss.org/jbpm/release/ 
>
> (Note: they are not drools.org etc.)
>
> Do we also want to move them to kie.apache.org ?
>
> Regards,
> Toshiya
>
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM Kennedy Bowers <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Sounds like a good idea, +1
> >
> > On 2025/10/07 05:07:45 Toshiya Kobayashi wrote:
> > > > Maybe we could move that content under ASF and have docs supporting
> > > > older versions?
> > >
> > > Yes, we can.
> > >
> > > If there are no objections or concerns raised within the next few
> > > days, I’ll create a GitHub issue for this task.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Toshiya
> > >
> > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM Alex Porcelli <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi Toshyia,
> > > >
> > > > Thank you for the redirection, although I hear you about older version
> > > > docs... and I agree. My concern is that those domains should belong to
> > > > ASF, and pointing it to an external infrastructure is quite worrisome.
> > > >
> > > > Maybe we could move that content under ASF and have docs supporting
> > > > older versions?
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM Toshiya Kobayashi
> > > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm happy to inform that now drools.org, optaplanner.org and jbpm.org
> > > > > are redirected to https://kie.apache.org/ 
> > > > >
> > > > > Note that docs subdomain (docs.drools.org, docs.optaplanner.org and
> > > > > docs.jbpm.org) stay the same to provide old version documents.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Toshiya
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, Jul 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM Toni Rikkola <[email protected]> 
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We need to do the same for optaplanner.org and jbpm.org. Apache 
> > > > > > requires us to have everything under kie.apache.org.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Both of the websites have already been moved.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Toni
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 2025/07/04 01:40:16 Toshiya Kobayashi wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > We have migrated the contents to kie.apache.org.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I'm going to ask the administrator of drools.org web server (Red 
> > > > > > > Hat) to
> > > > > > > redirect from https://www.drools.org   to https://kie.apache.org/ 
> > > > > > >   .
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I think this is not something like "proposal" or "vote", so I'm 
> > > > > > > notifying
> > > > > > > it here.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > If there are no objections for a few days, I'll proceed.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > Toshiya
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Mon, May 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM Toni Rikkola <[email protected]> 
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Current status.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Everything moved or there is an existing PR pending for a move.
> > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-issues/issues/1713 
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > The blog will stay where it is. The kie.apache.org can just 
> > > > > > > > have the
> > > > > > > > product release and other project announcements. Everyone can 
> > > > > > > > blog where
> > > > > > > > they want and we can even link to those blogs from our Apache 
> > > > > > > > site.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > kie.org is pretty much just links to blogs, so nothing to move 
> > > > > > > > there that
> > > > > > > > is not already in kie.apache.org.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > There is a separate ticket for documentation. This only moves 
> > > > > > > > what is
> > > > > > > > worth the move from websites to the new location.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Toni
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On 2025/04/28 07:44:50 Toni Rikkola wrote:
> > > > > > > > > Thank you Toshiya. I will move Optaplanner.
> > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-issues/issues/1936 
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Toni
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM Toshiya Kobayashi <
> > > > > > > > > [email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Thank you for the initiative, Toni.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > We have a parent GH issue: "Migrate KIE Websites to Apache
> > > > > > > > Infrastructure"
> > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-issues/issues/1713 
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > I added a sub-issue : "Migrate drools.org to kie-website" :
> > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-issues/issues/1934 
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Toshiya
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM Toni Rikkola
> > > > > > > > <[email protected]>
> > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > I can start the work for drools and Toshiya offered help. 
> > > > > > > > > > > I can also
> > > > > > > > take
> > > > > > > > > > > on Optaplanner.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > That leaves jbpm. I know dmn had a site setup, but not 
> > > > > > > > > > > sure if we
> > > > > > > > > > need/want
> > > > > > > > > > > a separate section for it in the future?
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Toni
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM Craig Russell 
> > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]>
> > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Peanut here.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > What Toni sez.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Right now, an internet search for "drools" returns 
> > > > > > > > > > > > links to the
> > > > > > > > > > obsolete
> > > > > > > > > > > > drools.org <http://drools.org/  > web site, which makes 
> > > > > > > > > > > > it seem like
> > > > > > > > > > > drools
> > > > > > > > > > > > is dead. The downloads on the site are years old. Wrong 
> > > > > > > > > > > > message.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > I'd suggest to copy any current data still on 
> > > > > > > > > > > > drools.org <
> > > > > > > > > > > > http://drools.org/  > to a section on kie.apache.org <
> > > > > > > > > > > http://kie.apache.org/  >
> > > > > > > > > > > > In "no time at all" search engines will notice that 
> > > > > > > > > > > > drools is now
> > > > > > > > homed
> > > > > > > > > > > at
> > > > > > > > > > > > kie.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Until the domain expires, now redirect drools.org <
> > > > > > > > http://drools.org/  >
> > > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > kie.apache.org <http://kie.apache.org/  > .
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Unless this is done, the project is missing out on a 
> > > > > > > > > > > > lot of
> > > > > > > > possible
> > > > > > > > > > > users.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Same for other domains that are now kie projects.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > HTH,
> > > > > > > > > > > > Craig
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 24, 2025, at 03:57, Toni Rikkola
> > > > > > > > <[email protected]
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello,
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Right now we have drools.org and kie.apache.org and I 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > guess the
> > > > > > > > same
> > > > > > > > > > > > goes
> > > > > > > > > > > > > for every other subproject.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Old sites
> > > > > > > > > > > > > * They break the copyrights that Apache now has for 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > KIE.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > * They get a lot of hits and the site contents are 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > 1.5 years old.
> > > > > > > > > > > > Basically
> > > > > > > > > > > > > they say the project is dead, use something else.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > * No updates. No mentions of the Apache releases
> > > > > > > > > > > > > * Can go down at any moment since this community does 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > not fund
> > > > > > > > them
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > New site
> > > > > > > > > > > > > * No content
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Both
> > > > > > > > > > > > > * No, or minimal, resources to maintain them
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Looking at the fact that it has been years. It is 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > clear we have
> > > > > > > > no
> > > > > > > > > > > > > motivation or man power to maintain these. So the 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > question is
> > > > > > > > what is
> > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > shortest path to victory?
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > My suggestion is we use the domains and forward to
> > > > > > > > kie.apache.org as
> > > > > > > > > > > > soon
> > > > > > > > > > > > > as possible. Right now the old domains are sending 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > the wrong
> > > > > > > > signal.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > I am sure we have a lot of ideas, but also consider 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > where we get
> > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > resources to implement. For few years there has been 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > none.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Toni Rikkola
> > > > > > > > > > > >
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