On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 1:21 AM, Branko Čibej <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 18.02.2015 19:45, Konstantin Boudnik wrote: > > Dmitriy, > > > > the point isn't about the blogging on the topic but about saying "based > on > > Apache X release Y.Z" unless such thing as Y.Z exists. Now, as the RC is > in > > the vote it isn't an issue, I believe. > > Yes it is. It's a huge issue. That zip file is not a release until it's > voted so by the IPMC. As of right now, even the PPMC vote isn't closed yet. > I have been very careful to call it a "release candidate", which is by definition not an official Apache release. Even the name of the zip has RC1 in it: ignite-fabric-1.0.0-RC1.zip > > Nobody should be announcing an Apache release other than through Apache > channels. > > FWIW, WANdisco got (private) flak for a couple years (from Greg, Hyrum, > myself, etc.) for doing just this sort of ... I won't repeat the > adjective ... thing. They've more or less learned now ... > > By the way, that blog post doesn't even follow our trademark policy: > there's no trademark attribution, and the use of the Ignite logo needs > permission from the ASF VP of trademarks or from the IPMC chair. It's > kind of sad to see a project member ignore our own brand protection > policies. > According to the Apache trademark policy, no permission is needed as long as the attribution is provided. I have added the attribution to my blog. The ASF trademark policy is documented here: http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/faq/#attribution http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/ D. > > -- Brane > >
