On Sun, Dec 8, 2019 at 7:48 AM Issac Goldstand <mar...@beamartyr.net> wrote: > > > >> > >> I've mentioned before that my standpoint is that it's impossible to > >> properly police every fan driven event out there, and I seem to > >> recall that use of a trademark by fans in a manner that isn't making > >> profits is generally considered acceptable use. Is it not therefore > >> a good-enoungh way to start by allowing (CTR instead of RTC as it were)? > > > > Absolutely. We don't even *want* to police every fan event. And we > > want a LOT of fan events. The nuance is the moment we give our > > Official Seal Of Approval to a group/event/organization, then we are > > implicitly approving their message, and that's where we introduce > > audience confusion. > > Why do we, as the ASF and/or as community.a.o want to give our Offic > Seal of Approval to small events / meetups? > > To be clear, I'm *not* suggesting that we refuse to help. We can - > should! - support groups that request it, but I'm asking why there's any > de-facto expectation that there should be an Official Seal of Approval > for small events / meetups.
+1, It seems to me like the seal of approval route is riskier than just treating them like any other usergroup or meetup. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
