> Could you elaborate about the hosting of the forum? Is there the > possibility to move it to some ASF-managed webhost (I'm not sure about the > complexity of hosting Discourse)?
The website is currently a subscribed hosted service provided by discourse, donated by Amazon. It is possible to host it ourselves but it would incur additional operational cost. In addition, I'm not aware of a requirement to have it on ASF infrastructure, given that it's only for answering user questions and we don't conduct official Apache MXNet businesses there. > Also, I'd suggest to make an Apache managed subdomain the main domain (e.g. > https://discuss.mxnet.apache.org/ <https://mxnet.apache.org/>). The > existing domain could be a redirect. I don't see a benefit of doing that, nor am I aware of a requirement for it. > Additionally, can we hook it up to the Apache IDP to allow committers and > pmc members to be automatically authorized? This sounds like a good idea though I'm not sure how to proceed. If someone knows how to proceed I'm happy to help grant necessary access to it. -sz On 2020/06/12 22:07:47, Marco de Abreu <marco.g.ab...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Sheng, > > thanks for the quick response. > > Could you elaborate about the hosting of the forum? Is there the > possibility to move it to some ASF-managed webhost (I'm not sure about the > complexity of hosting Discourse)? > > Also, I'd suggest to make an Apache managed subdomain the main domain (e.g. > https://discuss.mxnet.apache.org/ <https://mxnet.apache.org/>). The > existing domain could be a redirect. > > Additionally, can we hook it up to the Apache IDP to allow committers and > pmc members to be automatically authorized? > > Best regards > Marco > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 11:24 PM Sheng Zha <zhash...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Hi Marco, > > > > I'm an admin of that website along with a couple of other PPMC members. > > This forum has been around for some time and has been helpful in connecting > > users of mxnet to the developer community. I think it's in the best > > interest of this community to consider this under PPMC control for better > > discoverability under the mxnet domain name. I'm happy to grant you admin > > access if you or any other PPMC members need it. If you feel otherwise, > > feel free to propose how you suggest we proceed. > > > > -sz > > > > On 2020/06/12 21:07:28, Marco de Abreu <marcoab...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > Due to a PR [1] I had a closer look at discuss.mxnet.io which is a > > forum to > > > discuss about MXNet. It's a very helpful platform and provides great > > > assistance for the community. > > > > > > When I looked into the terms of services [2] though, I noticed that the > > ASF > > > and MXNet ppmc are mentioned as owners. > > > > > > From my understanding, that forum and the domain are not managed by the > > ASF > > > or the mxnet ppmc. Thus, that statement does not seem correct and is > > rather > > > a trademark infringement. My understanding is that the platform is > > operated > > > by a third party as a community service towards MXNet. Thus, I think it's > > > important to properly express who's responsible for that platform. > > > > > > If somebody has any knowledge about the owner of that forum, I'd > > appreciate > > > if they could give them a heads up for this thread. > > > > > > Best regards > > > Marco > > > > > > [1]: https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/18553/files > > > [2]: https://discuss.mxnet.io/tos > > > > > >
