Noah,

What usually happens is that an ISP sets up a site for a client and
loads the default docs. They then tell the client that their site is
available. The client goes to their site and sees the apache logo and
assumes that ASF has hijacked their site. I was around the last time an
irate but technically inept web-user decided Apache had "stolen" his
website and it was not pleasant - he spammed the lists for weeks until
we had to get his ISP to unplug him...

Before proceeding further, I would urge you to do two things:

1) Search in the mailing list archives for the previous (and lengthy)
discussions that took place on this very issue a few years ago (get the
date when the page was changed to the current terse version from CVS and
then search back from then in the archives). Read the thread and then
reflect if this is still a good idea.

2) If you still think it's necessary to change it, compose a text that
you'd like to see. It will have to avoid the pitfall that inexperienced
web users will think that the ASF has "hijacked" their website. BTW,
note that said users cannot be assumed to understand, or even read,
anything that appears on the page. Oh, and you'll need it in all
supported languages, too.

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