Did a ticket ever get opened for this? I can open one, but want to verify my understanding:
"We want to explore the possibility of hosting discuss.mxnet.io and discuss.gluon.ai on Apache infrastructure and hook into Apache user management." Shane also asked if we started a conversation with Brand management. How can I help there? Mike On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 6:03 AM Marco de Abreu <marco.g.ab...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think we can start by opening a ticket with infra referring to this > thread. > > -Marco > > Sheng Zha <szha....@gmail.com> schrieb am Do., 18. Juni 2020, 09:45: > > > Hi Shane, > > > > Thanks for the comment. With my apache hat on, I definitely agree that it > > would be better to have such forum on Apache managed infra. I’ve started > > with discussion archive to ensure that everything is recorded, and I think > > I can quickly try to make the backups of that forum accessible to the PPMC > > and Apache infra. > > > > I think the best way to achieve the goal of continuity, eventually, would > > be to host it on Apache infrastructure and have its hosting funded by ASF. > > How do we go about requesting this? > > > > As for the trademark review, we started working on reviewing the binary > > distribution usage and are currently focusing on the more pressing issue > > there. We will get to the domain name usage afterwards. > > > > -sz > > > > > On Jun 17, 2020, at 6:07 AM, Shane Curcuru <a...@shanecurcuru.org> wrote: > > > > > > On 2020/06/12 22:39:10, Marco de Abreu <marco.g.ab...@gmail.com> > > wrote: ... > > >> The mxnet.io domain is not under control of the ASF. If we say that a > > user > > >> facing platform is managed and endorsed by the PPMC, we should make it > > >> available under the ASF domain system to further represent the official > > >> affiliation. Also, it removes a weak link in the chain - e.g. the case > > when > > >> the mxnet.io domain ran out and broke quite a bit of stuff. Since the > > ASF > > >> offers subdomains for projects, I don't see any reason why not to use > > them. > > > > > > This is the core issue for me, from the larger Apache perspective. > > > Domain names using Apache marks - especially when they have interactive > > > traffic about the Apache project itself - work best when the domain name > > > itself is owned by the ASF. That ensures continuity for the future, in > > > the case where a party (which includes individual PMC members) stops > > > contributing to the project. When the ASF Infra team has direct admin > > > access to a service or domain, we know that the ASF will be able to > > > manage it for the future. > > > > > > Also, has the PPMC worked with Apache Brand Management on use of > > > trademarks in domain names? > > > > > > https://apache.org/foundation/marks/domains > > > > > > -- > > > > > > - Shane > > > Director & Member > > > The Apache Software Foundation > >
