That's the official answer I was looking for. The question is closed. I was hoping to avoid a second Slack workspace, but we will stand one up right away. We will continue working with you all towards the goal of Apache Pinot's success!
Thanks, Tim On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 2:28 PM Rich Bowen <rbo...@apache.org> wrote: > > > On 2022/05/25 18:55:56 Tim Berglund wrote: > > Pinot Dev, > > > > I’m Tim Berglund. The barest intro of me: I run Developer Relations at > > StarTree. I wanted to go over a change I’m making to our Slack workspace > so > > it is not a surprise to you and we have a chance to talk through any > > questions. > > > > On June 1, 2022, we will rename the Apache Pinot™ Slack Workspace to the > > StarTree Community Slack Workspace. Let me explain my thinking here. > > With my Board of Directors hat on ... no, don't do that. > > Let me explain *my* thinking here. The slack instance is called > apache-pinot.slack.com, and whatever history led to this being created by > and/or "owned" by StarTree (a history that I am unaware of, and isn't > particularly important to this point) is trumped by the fact that nane > "Apache Pinot" is owned by the Apache Software Foundation, and, > specifically, the Apache Pinot PMC. > > Changing this to "StarTree Anything" is abuse of that trademark, and will > incur the wrath of the Apache Trademarks committee. > > Furthermore, it is an anti-community action, in that it indicates that > StarTree "owns" Pinot - which it does not. This, in turn, discourages > participation by persons who are not part of your organization, and sets > StarTree up as somehow authoritative over the project. > > I hope that my reasoning here is clear, but I would be glad to discuss > this further with you if there's anything I can clarify. Yes, I'm being > very forceful here, because I want you to understand the importance of > this. This isn't a "we'd rather you didn't", but a "Do not do this." One of > the core tenants of Apache is vendor neutrality. > > Thanks. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@pinot.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@pinot.apache.org > >
