Thanks Brane - I was going to highlight a few of these, but you have a way longer list that I could've think of.
PPMC: I think we have covered some of these in the off-line conversations about "Powered by" pages and such. But direct marketing advertisement shouldn't be present, for sure. Cos On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 06:53AM, Branko Čibej wrote: > So ... nice site, but it's missing a few important bits, and there are a > few bits too many: > > * There is no entity called "Apache Ignite" that could hold copyright > to the site. The only entity involved is the ASF. The copyright > notice should be changed. It's also nice, though by no means > required, to include the ASF logo somewhere on the site. > * ASF trademark references are missing. See, for example, the > copyright notice on the bottom of the left column of > http://subversion.apache.org/ > * There are links to GridGain's twitter, LinkedIn and G+ pages. No > way. This is not a GirdGain project; it is an ASF project, and the > ASF is not in the business of providing advertising space for > commercial entities. > * The same goes for the download links. Sources must be hosted on ASF > infrastructure (and mirrors), even if they're unofficial sources. I > understand this will take a bit of work, but even an URL for > anonymous Git clone from the ASF servers is better than a link to > some commercial site. > o To clarify: what's currently in ASF Git is obviously not ready > to be used; and what's on GG's download area may be; but see > above about the ASF not being an advertising service. > * "We embrase open source" ... apart from the typo, there's really no > reason to write something like that on an ASF project web site. :) > Sounds like marketspeak again ... > > > TL;DR: GridGain marketing has no place on an ASF web site. OTOH it's > fine to list GG as providing additional services on top of Ignite; for > example, see: > > https://subversion.apache.org/packages.html > > which lists a number of commercial providers. > > While there's no need change everything immediately, the important > points I made above can and should be done quickly (I could do them > myself, but I'd rather the PPMC takes care of it than a mentor). Please > note that these are all hard requirements for graduation, so the site > will have to be aligned with ASF policy eventually; the sooner, the better. > > -- Brane >
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