Jacques, you are mis-interpreting the contents of that ASF document and I 
really would prefer it if you kept your thoughts to the private list.  This way 
we can correct you before you start scaring people away from marketing the 
project for us.

Thank you
Scott

On 7/03/2010, at 2:20 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:

> Hey guys,
> 
> This could be so easy :/
> 
> Hans agreed to give the credentials to all commiters but he asked us to send 
> him a demand.
> We don't need to ask, if it's open Hans sould send all commiters the 
> credential to share apache_ofbiz Twitter account.
> I should be pretty clear at this moment. The works "Apache" "OFBiz" and the 
> phrase "Apache OFBiz" are ASF trademarks: 
> http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/ (I use references to sections of this 
> page in the following)
> So they can't be used in domain name (cf. section "Using Apache trademarks in 
> domain names"). Hans can't use http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz alone as an 
> individual or for his company.
> So please, for the last time, Hans before I ring Shane Curcuru's bell 
> (current VP, Apache Brand Management), simply send credentials to all 
> commiters and the war is over (Note that, though I don't think it's the way 
> to go, I already asked you to send me credentials as you suggested, but did 
> not receive anything yet). Then I suggest to put the button like you did 
> Hans. It's a *great idea* and I'm sure you will appreciate to have an help on 
> feeding the tweets as you already suggested.
> 
> http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz is a special case because not only it uses 
> ASF trademark in domain name but it also shows it on the page, along with 
> OFBiz logo not going back to http://ofbiz.apache.org/ (cf. section "Using the 
> Apache Foo (and similar) graphic logos")
> But I don't see a reason why the rule for the domain should not apply also to
> http://twitter.com/ofbiz_help
> http://twitter.com/ofbizbyhotwax
> And Hans just followed the path actually... (is there other cases?)
> 
> Some other points which are related and worth to be noted
> Hotwax Media must care about how they use the OFBiz logo in their pages at 
> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com. The rule is that if it's not adapted (like Hans 
> did for OFBiz in Thailand at , it should only link back to 
> http://ofbiz.apache.org/
> Same for the footer of http://www.antwebsystems.com/control/main (the "OFBiz 
> feather" used for the tweet could be ok if all commiters get credentials and 
> the PMC agree is the OFBiz official Tweeter account). Now 
> http://www.ofbiz.in.th/ is wrong also as long it's not on the ASF infra 
> (ofbiz should not be used in domain name outsided of ASF infrastructure, is 
> there other cases?)
> 
> It's time to clean the house, before all this becomes unmanageable 
> (proliferation). I made my best to explain the rules, if you see a flaw in my 
> reasoning please correct me. If you see other cases that should be corrected, 
> chime in, it's your duty!
> 
> And please also understand that it's really not pleaseant for me (or anyone 
> else I guess) to play the cop and spend so much time on this (for persons out 
> of PMC, we already shared some about this privately). I dot it only because 
> I'm a third party (ie not HWM affiliated nor Ant Web) and I like things to be 
> clear and no injustices prevail. If we continue to ignore this facts they 
> will finally blow up in our faces (as this Tweeter account issue being to 
> show) and nobody will win anything. There are rules, why not simply follow 
> them, is that so hard?
> 
> Jacques
> 
> 
> From: "Tim Ruppert" <tim.rupp...@hotwaxmedia.com>
>> Hans, please revert this one too - sorry.  It wouldn't make sense for  all 
>> service providers to do this - so please let's not keep doing this  stuff.
>> 
>> What i would recommend for this kind of stuff, if we need to list it  at 
>> all, would be to enhance the service providers page on the wiki. I  
>> mentioned this earlier but maybe we should add a full page, linked  from the 
>> service provider page, where people can put this type of  info?  I 
>> personally think this is what your own website is for, but  I'm all for 
>> enhancing everyone's ability to get the word out.
>> 
>> What does everyone think of that as a place to promote yourself?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ruppert
>> --
>> Tim Ruppert
>> HotWax Media
>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>> 
>> o:801.649.6594
>> f:801.649.6595
>> 
>> On Mar 6, 2010, at 7:22 PM, Scott Gray <scott.g...@hotwaxmedia.com>  wrote:
>> 
>>> I'm only going to send one email about this, If anyone else cares  they can 
>>> push it.
>>> 
>>> This is news:
>>>> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/apache_ofbiz/"; target="_blank">Now  OFBiz 
>>>> on <b>TWITTER</b>, follow the news from an enduser perspective</a>, up to 
>>>> one tweet per day.
>>> A link to your home page is not:
>>>> You can also promote OFBiz at your site with this news, look <a  
>>>> href="http://www.antwebsystems.com";>here for an example.</a>
>>> 
>>> Why you are constantly trying to push the boundaries I have no idea.
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> Scott
>>> 
>>> On 6/03/2010, at 6:14 PM, hans...@apache.org wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Author: hansbak
>>>> Date: Sun Mar  7 01:14:19 2010
>>>> New Revision: 919905
>>>> 
>>>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=919905&view=rev
>>>> Log:
>>>> announcing the ofbiz twitter news now in line with the other news  
>>>> offerings.
>>>> 
>>>> Modified:
>>>>  ofbiz/site/index.html
>>>> 
>>>> Modified: ofbiz/site/index.html
>>>> URL: 
>>>> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/site/index.html?rev=919905&r1=919904&r2=919905&view=diff
>>>> === === === 
>>>> =====================================================================
>>>> --- ofbiz/site/index.html (original)
>>>> +++ ofbiz/site/index.html Sun Mar  7 01:14:19 2010
>>>> @@ -237,6 +237,7 @@
>>>> 
>>>>           <h2>In the News</h2>
>>>>             <ul>
>>>> +                  <li><a href="http://www.twitter.com/ apache_ofbiz/" 
>>>> target="_blank">Now OFBiz on <b>TWITTER</b>, follow  the news from an 
>>>> enduser perspective</a>, up to one tweet per day.  You can also promote 
>>>> OFBiz at your site with this news, look <a 
>>>> href="http://www.antwebsystems.com";>here for an example.</a></li>
>>>>                 <li><a 
>>>> href="http://www.hotwaxmedia.com/apache-ofbiz-blog/ofbiz-tutorial-implementing-a-product-pdf-export/
>>>>  " target="_blank">OFBiz Tutorial – Implementing a Product PDF  
>>>> export</a> on <a href="http://www.hotwaxmedia.com/apache-ofbiz-blo g/" 
>>>> target="_blank">HotWax Media Blog</a></li>
>>>>                 <li><a 
>>>> href="http://www.hotwaxmedia.com/apache-ofbiz-blog/ofbiz-tutorial-implementing-a-product-csv-export/
>>>>  " target="_blank">OFBiz Tutorial – Implementing a Product CSV  
>>>> export</a> on <a href="http://www.hotwaxmedia.com/apache-ofbiz-blo g/" 
>>>> target="_blank">HotWax Media Blog</a></li>
>>>>                 <li><a 
>>>> href="http://www.hotwaxmedia.com/apache-ofbiz-blog/ofbiz-tutorial-enhancing-the-product-list-screen/
>>>>  " target="_blank">OFBiz Tutorial – Enhancing the Product list  
>>>> screen</a> on <a href="http://www.hotwaxmedia.com/apache-ofbiz-blo g/" 
>>>> target="_blank">HotWax Media Blog</a></li>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
> 
> 

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