I'm constantly amazed by how little you know about how Apache projects operate.

http://www.apache.org/ contains an absolute a lot of information and more than 
anything I suggest you read the pages under "How it works".

I can't imagine why you would possibly be enjoying this thread but I guess some 
people are just that way inclined.

Regards
Scott

On 7/03/2010, at 11:04 AM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:

> Hi Scott:
> What private list? I thought this was a transparent process that everyone 
> should have access to.
> BTW, you guys are a real "hoot". I'm enjoying every bit of this thread.
> 
> Regards,
> Ruth
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz"
> [email protected]
> 
> Scott Gray wrote:
>> Jacques, you are mis-interpreting the contents of that ASF document and I 
>> really would prefer it if you kept your thoughts to the private list.  This 
>> way we can correct you before you start scaring people away from marketing 
>> the project for us.
>> 
>> Thank you
>> Scott
>> 
>> On 7/03/2010, at 2:20 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
>> 
>>  
>>> Hey guys,
>>> 
>>> This could be so easy :/
>>> 
>>> Hans agreed to give the credentials to all commiters but he asked us to 
>>> send him a demand.
>>> We don't need to ask, if it's open Hans sould send all commiters the 
>>> credential to share apache_ofbiz Twitter account.
>>> I should be pretty clear at this moment. The works "Apache" "OFBiz" and the 
>>> phrase "Apache OFBiz" are ASF trademarks: 
>>> http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/ (I use references to sections of 
>>> this page in the following)
>>> So they can't be used in domain name (cf. section "Using Apache trademarks 
>>> in domain names"). Hans can't use http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz alone as 
>>> an individual or for his company.
>>> So please, for the last time, Hans before I ring Shane Curcuru's bell 
>>> (current VP, Apache Brand Management), simply send credentials to all 
>>> commiters and the war is over (Note that, though I don't think it's the way 
>>> to go, I already asked you to send me credentials as you suggested, but did 
>>> not receive anything yet). Then I suggest to put the button like you did 
>>> Hans. It's a *great idea* and I'm sure you will appreciate to have an help 
>>> on feeding the tweets as you already suggested.
>>> 
>>> http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz is a special case because not only it uses 
>>> ASF trademark in domain name but it also shows it on the page, along with 
>>> OFBiz logo not going back to http://ofbiz.apache.org/ (cf. section "Using 
>>> the Apache Foo (and similar) graphic logos")
>>> But I don't see a reason why the rule for the domain should not apply also 
>>> to
>>> http://twitter.com/ofbiz_help
>>> http://twitter.com/ofbizbyhotwax
>>> And Hans just followed the path actually... (is there other cases?)
>>> 
>>> Some other points which are related and worth to be noted
>>> Hotwax Media must care about how they use the OFBiz logo in their pages at 
>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com. The rule is that if it's not adapted (like Hans 
>>> did for OFBiz in Thailand at , it should only link back to 
>>> http://ofbiz.apache.org/
>>> Same for the footer of http://www.antwebsystems.com/control/main (the 
>>> "OFBiz feather" used for the tweet could be ok if all commiters get 
>>> credentials and the PMC agree is the OFBiz official Tweeter account). Now 
>>> http://www.ofbiz.in.th/ is wrong also as long it's not on the ASF infra 
>>> (ofbiz should not be used in domain name outsided of ASF infrastructure, is 
>>> there other cases?)
>>> 
>>> It's time to clean the house, before all this becomes unmanageable 
>>> (proliferation). I made my best to explain the rules, if you see a flaw in 
>>> my reasoning please correct me. If you see other cases that should be 
>>> corrected, chime in, it's your duty!
>>> 
>>> And please also understand that it's really not pleaseant for me (or anyone 
>>> else I guess) to play the cop and spend so much time on this (for persons 
>>> out of PMC, we already shared some about this privately). I dot it only 
>>> because I'm a third party (ie not HWM affiliated nor Ant Web) and I like 
>>> things to be clear and no injustices prevail. If we continue to ignore this 
>>> facts they will finally blow up in our faces (as this Tweeter account issue 
>>> being to show) and nobody will win anything. There are rules, why not 
>>> simply follow them, is that so hard?
>>> 
>>> Jacques
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: "Tim Ruppert" <[email protected]>
>>>    
>>>> Hans, please revert this one too - sorry.  It wouldn't make sense for  all 
>>>> service providers to do this - so please let's not keep doing this  stuff.
>>>> 
>>>> What i would recommend for this kind of stuff, if we need to list it  at 
>>>> all, would be to enhance the service providers page on the wiki. I  
>>>> mentioned this earlier but maybe we should add a full page, linked  from 
>>>> the service provider page, where people can put this type of  info?  I 
>>>> personally think this is what your own website is for, but  I'm all for 
>>>> enhancing everyone's ability to get the word out.
>>>> 
>>>> What does everyone think of that as a place to promote yourself?
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Ruppert
>>>> --
>>>> Tim Ruppert
>>>> HotWax Media
>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>> 
>>>> o:801.649.6594
>>>> f:801.649.6595
>>>> 
>>>> On Mar 6, 2010, at 7:22 PM, Scott Gray <[email protected]>  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>      
>>>>> I'm only going to send one email about this, If anyone else cares  they 
>>>>> can push it.
>>>>> 
>>>>> This is news:
>>>>>        
>>>>>> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/apache_ofbiz/"; target="_blank">Now  
>>>>>> OFBiz on <b>TWITTER</b>, follow the news from an enduser 
>>>>>> perspective</a>, up to one tweet per day.
>>>>>>          
>>>>> A link to your home page is not:
>>>>>        
>>>>>> You can also promote OFBiz at your site with this news, look <a  
>>>>>> href="http://www.antwebsystems.com";>here for an example.</a>
>>>>>>          
>>>>> Why you are constantly trying to push the boundaries I have no idea.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> Scott
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 6/03/2010, at 6:14 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>        
>>>>>> Author: hansbak
>>>>>> Date: Sun Mar  7 01:14:19 2010
>>>>>> New Revision: 919905
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=919905&view=rev
>>>>>> Log:
>>>>>> announcing the ofbiz twitter news now in line with the other news  
>>>>>> offerings.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Modified:
>>>>>> ofbiz/site/index.html
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Modified: ofbiz/site/index.html
>>>>>> URL: 
>>>>>> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/site/index.html?rev=919905&r1=919904&r2=919905&view=diff
>>>>>> === === === 
>>>>>> =====================================================================
>>>>>> --- ofbiz/site/index.html (original)
>>>>>> +++ ofbiz/site/index.html Sun Mar  7 01:14:19 2010
>>>>>> @@ -237,6 +237,7 @@
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>          <h2>In the News</h2>
>>>>>>            <ul>
>>>>>> +                  <li><a href="http://www.twitter.com/ apache_ofbiz/" 
>>>>>> target="_blank">Now OFBiz on <b>TWITTER</b>, follow  the news from an 
>>>>>> enduser perspective</a>, up to one tweet per day.  You can also promote 
>>>>>> OFBiz at your site with this news, look <a 
>>>>>> href="http://www.antwebsystems.com";>here for an example.</a></li>
>>>>>>                <li><a 
>>>>>> href="http://www.hotwaxmedia.com/apache-ofbiz-blog/ofbiz-tutorial-implementing-a-product-pdf-export/
>>>>>>  " target="_blank">OFBiz Tutorial – Implementing a Product PDF  
>>>>>> export</a> on <a href="http://www.hotwaxmedia.com/apache-ofbiz-blo g/" 
>>>>>> target="_blank">HotWax Media Blog</a></li>
>>>>>>                <li><a 
>>>>>> href="http://www.hotwaxmedia.com/apache-ofbiz-blog/ofbiz-tutorial-implementing-a-product-csv-export/
>>>>>>  " target="_blank">OFBiz Tutorial – Implementing a Product CSV  
>>>>>> export</a> on <a href="http://www.hotwaxmedia.com/apache-ofbiz-blo g/" 
>>>>>> target="_blank">HotWax Media Blog</a></li>
>>>>>>                <li><a 
>>>>>> href="http://www.hotwaxmedia.com/apache-ofbiz-blog/ofbiz-tutorial-enhancing-the-product-list-screen/
>>>>>>  " target="_blank">OFBiz Tutorial – Enhancing the Product list  
>>>>>> screen</a> on <a href="http://www.hotwaxmedia.com/apache-ofbiz-blo g/" 
>>>>>> target="_blank">HotWax Media Blog</a></li>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>          
>>>    
>> 
>>  

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