On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 9:35 AM, Greg Chase <g...@gregchase.com> wrote:
> The branding guidelines do not address feedback such as "logo in footer" or > "disclaimer is buried deep or below the fold". Incubation disclaimers are intended to be substantive. They are not CYA legal boilerplate that can be are buried in fine print. The intent is to communicate (effectively!) to consumers that a project is incubating. That way, people will know that certain caveats apply: Apache Foo is an effort undergoing incubation at The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), sponsored by the Apache Incubator. Incubation is required of all newly accepted projects until a further review indicates that the infrastructure, communications, and decision making process have stabilized in a manner consistent with other successful ASF projects. While incubation status is not necessarily a reflection of the completeness or stability of the code, it does indicate that the project has yet to be fully endorsed by the ASF. What would be best is if podlings just understood that intent, and as and took it upon themselves to ensure that their incubating status was communicated effectively -- in websites, in release announcements, etc. It should be apparent to anyone who groks that intent that websites where the disclaimers and logos are buried subvert the branding guidelines. It seems that we will have to spell things out more aggressively. The new language should make it plain that podlings are expected to uphold the *spirit* of the guidelines, and not treat them as some bs technicality to work around. If podlings don't like the disclaimers, they can hurry up and do the work to graduate. Marvin Humphrey --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org