On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 8:08 PM, John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org> wrote: > Ok, now I'm a bit confused. I'll try my best to state my points of > clarification in line. > > On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 7:37 PM Christopher <ctubb...@apache.org> wrote: > >> I also wish to point out that the FluoProposal ( >> http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/FluoProposal) explicitly included an >> intent/wish/request to continue using the Fluo logo (which includes the >> name) on Fluo's historical sites. That proposal was accepted by the IPMC >> > > I'm confused what this has to do with a logo. I see now in your proposal > that there's an explicit call out for the logo. I'm not sure why. Its a > nice logo. Assuming it was donated as a part of the overall donation, then > there's no issue reusing it on other sites. > > >> (albeit without an explicit judgment on that issue). While the proposal did >> not explicitly mention the domain name concerns, it did mention the >> continued existence of "historical sites" after acceptance, sites whose >> names could reasonably be expected to contain the Fluo name. I think this >> is important in determining to what extent it should be considered fair and >> reasonable to use the word "Fluo" on "fluo.io". >> > > The term "historical" is used in the proposal. My interpretation of its > use is that some sites may exist for historical purposes. It seems that > the intention however is to keep them going. The list of sites are not > mentioned, other than a GitHub site, which I'm not sure if that means > fluo.github.io, github.com/fluo-io, or something else. Its not obvious to > me that this is fluo.io which may be hosted as a github pages website. > > >> >> At no point in the proposal or vote discussions for Fluo was it mentioned >> that we'd have to remove or transfer control of the fluo.io domain, in >> order to be compliant with ASF trademark policies upon acceptance into >> Incubator, even though it was clear at the time that 1) the domain existed >> and 2) hosted projects which would transfer to the ASF and projects which >> would not. >> > > The proposal is a bit missing in this area. I see a documentation section, > which mentions the website fluo.io. Ignoring this discussion, my > interpretation of this section is that it was being donated. Yes, > transference of domain names is expected. Many projects coming in have > done this (groovy-lang.org, freemarker.org are some examples). If it was > not intended to be transferred, its not clear to me why its mentioned in > the proposal. > > > >> >> Taking this into account, and in conjunction with our intent to fix both >> websites to reduce confusion, I hope that we can find a resolution which >> does not require a name change, but can leave both fluo.apache.org and >> fluo.io coexisting. >> >> > The co-existing part is where you need to talk more to TM and get their buy > in. Right now we have a highly inconsistent model at the ASF. > > >> I think our immediate, actionable plan should be to: >> >> 1. Remove redirect from fluo.io to fluo.apache.org > > > I'm not sure if you're doing this out of anger or what. The current setup > of redirect is fine. > > >> >> 2. Place content on fluo.io which: >> 2.a) links to Apache Fluo >> 2.b) states that Fluo is a trademark of Apache >> 2.c) clarifies that Fluo.io is not affiliated or endorsed by the ASF >> 2.d) is primarily focused on the community tools it hosts, and not Apache >> Fluo > > 3. Ensure content on fluo.apache.org is updated to: >> 3.a) remove pre-apache release or clearly document them. >> 3.b) remove any implication that Fluo depends on any software at fluo.io >> 3.c) ensure no dependency on external documentation at fluo.io > > > All of the items under 3 are great graduation goals, and are not needed in > the short term. > > >> >> 4. Standardize on a different publicly available checkstyle and formatter >> ruleset than the io.fluo:resources ones (maybe?) >> > > Just to be clear. my concern here is shared with the domain name. If the > domain name is cleared to be used, I don't have a strong concern on this. > > >> >> If we're going to expend this effort, it would be nice to get some >> assurances that this will be sufficient to resolve branding concerns, or if >> there are additional steps short of changing the domain names, which we can >> take to resolve these issues. >> > > > My recommendation is that fluo.io be donated to the ASF and a new domain > name chosen for the non-ASF community backed site.
When you say donate it to the ASF, I am assumimg you intend that fluo.io and fluo.apache.org both serve the same content. Or were you thinking of something else? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org