Thanks for the clarification Jacques - much appreciated. Cheers, Tim -- Tim Ruppert HotWax Media http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
o:801.649.6594 f:801.649.6595 ----- "Jacques Le Roux" <[email protected]> wrote: > Tim, > > To be clear on this issue, I was not thinking about Contegix server, > for me this will be resolved soon, but at what I called > "mirror" sites or non official demo servers. For me a "mirror" site is > something like > http://www.ofbiz.fr/ > http://www.ofbiz.de/ > http://www.ofbiz.nl > etc. (I'm aware of theses sites because they were still in the > community section on the OFBIz site main page one week ago, and BTW I > > think this is sometning we should discuss also...) > > As you can see, the 1st site (which is actually supported by the > Neogia community) as answered my request some time ago : they don't > use the official Apache OFBIz logo (at list the one who used at this > time) but the "Powered by OFBiz" image which is allowed. BTW my > request was not complete and I should have asked also for a disclaimer > (not being ASF infra). So far that's what Ted Husted asked > referring to previous disussions at PRC (Apache Public Relations > Committee). To be clear, at this stage I don't ask if it's right or > not, I comply. Then I can discuss... > > The 2d and 3d site do not comply but I can't blame then since I made > my request directly to the Neogia community but I'm not sure I > did the same to the other communities (and I'm not even sure that they > are real communities, I mean a group of people and not a sole > person who takes the initiative). > > I personnaly think that we should not allow this kind of "mirror" > sites (not real mirrors I mean. Real mirrors should be allowed. I > may define real mirrors if needed but I think it's obvious) but that > we should provide, at least, an option for these communities > to write their own page(s) on the official site in their own language > (to attract more users of these countries). Something like > Bruno Busco made for the eCommerce multiflex theme : classic with > countries flags. > > This said for "mirror" sites, It's approximatively the same for demo > servers. I did it for mine (Les7arts) at > http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBIZ/Alternative+Demo+Servers. It was > easier before 9.04 since now we have themes with different > version of logos. But I will do it also for the 9.04 ASAP... > > BTW, for the sake of consistency, we will need a "Powered by OFBiz" > image for the new logo too... > > Hope this help to clarify the situation > > Jacques > > > From: "Tim Ruppert" <[email protected]> > > Jacques, as I've said many times on this issue, Contegix is an > approved ASF resource for Maven, so they've already been thru the > > hoops in question. That being said, I have no documentation saying > that they are official for OFBiz at this point, so I can > > understand this. Not being able to show our own logo on our own > demo server that the ASF cannot support at this point is a total > > joke and should be brought up in front of the PRC immediately. > > > > They need to support what we are trying to do with the project > themselves, allow a vendor that they have approved for other > > projects be approved for this one, or get the heck out of the way so > that we can help to push the project forward. Let me know > > how those conversations go, but consider me very disappointed in > this action. > > > > Cheers, > > Tim > > -- > > Tim Ruppert > > HotWax Media > > http://www.hotwaxmedia.com > > > > o:801.649.6594 > > f:801.649.6595 > > > > ----- "Jacques Le Roux" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> HI All, > >> > >> This is an *important message* to remind you that if you make > >> available to public a "mirror" of Apache OFBiz web site > >> (http://ofbiz.apache.org/) or an instance of Apache OFBiz, you > should > >> never use the original ofbiz.ico, ofbiz.gif and ofbiz_logo.jpg > files > >> (any version of these files, old or present). These are strict ASF > >> proprietary and should never be used by site publicly available ouf > of > >> proper ASF infrastructure (the Contegix servers used by Apache > OFBiz > >> for that are parts of ASF infra). > >> > >> PMC members, I put a message at bottom of site main page, please > check > >> and if any problems chime in. > >> > >> Thanks for your attention > >> > >> Jacques > >
