On Jul 1, 2011, at 1:39 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: > On 1 July 2011 11:38, Stefane Fermigier <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Jul 1, 2011, at 12:20 PM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Stefane Fermigier <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On Jul 1, 2011, at 11:43 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: >>> >>>>> ... One way of crediting employers without >>>>> having to create a whole raft of red tape is have a page on which >>>>> committers can optionally add their employers details (with nofollow >>>>> links) >>>> >>>> Yeah right. This is absolutely unacceptable for me. >>> >>> The nofollow attribute you mean? I absolutely agree with Ross here, >>> and as an Incubator PMC member I will not allow links to companies on >>> the Stanbol website unless they have a nofollow attribute. >> >> Is this a rule or just an arbitrary decision ? Why didn't you mention it >> when advocating moving the project to Apache ? > > As we've tried to communicate, it a rule with solid reasoning behind > it.
With "solid" cargo-cult reasoning, as per my previous response. And it's not a rule since it's not documented. > Even ASF sponsors don't get a follow link. That's a different issue. > As for it being mentioned during the discussions about moving to the > ASF I was not involved, but I will observe that: > > a) this is well documented across the ASF, it's lists and it's press > releases your Champion cannot be expected to anticipate every possible > issue that might come up. Partners are expected to do their own due > diligence Once again, where is this supposed "rule" documented ? > b) there was a period of discussion during the proposal phase in which > these issues could have been raised by anyone on the project (I don't > expect anyone to think of all possible issues in advance though - it's > just I find the accusatory tone of the above sentence quite offensive, > even though it is not aimed at me) Once again, where is this supposed "rule" documented ? > c) In the proposal document, which you presumably helped draw up, > there is a section on "Known Risks". One of the sub-sections is "An > Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand". In this section the > Stanbol proposal says "The brand is not what makes the difference for > the IKS team, the motivation is the opportunity to build and grow a > community." If the brand is not important then a "nofollow" link is > not an issue, you are free to write anything you like that conforms to > the trademark rules, on your own website. We're not talking about the Apache Brand here. We're talking about PageRank. Completely different thing. S. -- Stefane Fermigier, Founder and Chairman, Nuxeo Open Source, Java EE based, Enterprise Content Management (ECM) http://www.nuxeo.com/ - +33 1 40 33 79 87 - http://twitter.com/sfermigier Join the Nuxeo Group on LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/groups?gid=43314 New Nuxeo release: http://nuxeo.com/dm54 "There's no such thing as can't. You always have a choice."
