On Jul 1, 2011, at 6:44 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: > On 1 July 2011 14:26, Stefane Fermigier <[email protected]> wrote: > > ... > >>> 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. > > What do you think makes a link from the ASF site valuable?
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