I would defer to trademarks. I can help the domain and then donate it to Apache.
On Thu, Sep 3, 2020, 03:10 Ovilia <oviliazh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Mark! > > We plan to buy a new domain name for it and not use gallery.echartsjs.com > any more. > But the process may take a few more weeks/months for domain name > registration > and migrating. > > Can we not take this as a blocker for Apache ECharts (incubating)'s > graduation? > > What do Mark, Justin, and our mentors think about this? > > Thanks > > *Ovilia* > > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 7:08 AM Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > First of all, I don't see any issues with the current content of > > echartsjs.com > > > > gallery.echartsjs.com is more problematic. > > > > PMCs are very strongly discouraged from creating focal points for the > > project outside of the apache.org domain. > > > > Has the podling considered requesting INFRA create an > > gallery.charts.apache.org domain name and point it to the existing > server? > > > > Has the podling considered moving that service to an ASF provided > > project VM? > > > > To be clear, this isn't an issue that needs to be deal with as a matter > > of urgency but it is something that ideally needs to be resolved before > > graduation. > > > > Mark > > > > Mark Thomas > > VP, Brand Management > > > > On 31/08/2020 05:15, Ovilia wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm a member of Apache ECharts (incubating) PPMC and I'm sending this > > email > > > to ask the permission of the domain name echartsjs.com > > > <http://echartsjs.com> . > > > > > > This domain name is currently owned by one of our PPMC members Yi Shen > > and > > > was used as EChart's official Website before ECharts joined ASF. > > > > > > Now, the Website has a link to our official > > > Website http://echarts.apache.org/ > > > and a clear statement that > > > "ECharts is now under incubation at the Apache Software Foundation. So > > > this domain > > > name is no longer in use. Visit echarts.apache.org > > > <http://echarts.apache.org> please" > > > > > > (The reason why we use links instead of redirecting is that the local > > > Web policy of > > > the echartsjs.com <http://echartsjs.com> has certain restrictions on > the > > > content if it's redirecting but not > > > if it's a link.) > > > > > > And there is a Website https://gallery.echartsjs.com/ that enables > users > > > to upload their work > > > of ECharts, which also have a clear statement as: > > > "This Website is a community contributed work of Apache ECharts > > > (incubating) and it is not > > > an official Apache ECharts (incubating) product." > > > > > > We'd like to know if there are any branding issues with how we use the > > > domain names > > > echartsjs.com <http://echartsjs.com> and gallery.echartsjs.com > > > <http://gallery.echartsjs.com> here? > > > > > > [1] https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/domains.html > > > > > > Thanks > > > * > > > * > > > *Ovilia* > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@echarts.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@echarts.apache.org > > > > >