> Does this mean that third party websites providing help and insight about apache project are a no go?
Third-party sites are allowed to provide help/insight about Apache projects. However, the site cannot be confusing about the project's brand or the source of the project (which is Apache). Would the average new user looking at "Planet TinkerPop" understand that "Planet TinkerPop" was not endorsed by Apache? Or would that new user know that "Planet TinkerPop" and the companies listed didn't make TinkerPop? Obviously there is some gray area to consider in those questions and we've come to learn that the PPMC is responsible for dealing with those questions and acting accordingly when we become aware of such things. You can read more about this stuff here: http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/ I think that we could have made Planet TinkerPop "work" but it would have involved a significant level of additional effort that couldn't be afforded, especially since much of the content that drove the existence of Planet TinkerPop was actually allowable on the Apache TinkerPop site (a bit of a misunderstanding within the PPMC). Anyway, it seems we are on the right track now and I hope that helps answer your question in some way. On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 10:16 AM, Dylan Millikin <dylan.milli...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is a little confusing. Does this mean that third party websites > providing help and insight about apache project are a no go? Or does it > mean that they can't get input from official members?Where does one draw > the line? > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 10:11 AM, Marko Rodriguez <okramma...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > This month Apache TinkerPop did not graduate from the incubator due to > > "brand management issues." The release of Planet TinkerPop was > considered a > > faux pax and has since been rectified. After numerous conversations with > > the Apache board, Apache trademarks, mentors, and the PMC, we figured > out a > > path forward which allows the community to benefit from the content that > > was at Planet TinkerPop but being published by Apache TinkerPop -- > ensuring > > a single location for all that is, will be, ...forever, The TinkerPop. > The > > following content has been blessed by Apache trademarks as not being in > > violation of their policies and now we bring this content to you, dev@, > > for a review and discussion. > > > > http://tinkerpop.apache.org > > http://tinkerpop.apache.org/gremlin.html > > http://tinkerpop.apache.org/providers.html > > http://tinkerpop.apache.org/policy.html > > > > On Friday (April 29th) http://planettinkerpop.org will redirect to > > http://tinkerpop.apache.org and thus, cease to exist. > > > > Notes to various stakeholders: > > > > * If you were previously a "graph system vendor" at Planet TinkerPop, > > please review the representation of your project at > > http://tinkerpop.apache.org/providers.html. If you no longer wish to > have > > a reference to your system (or desire tweaks), please advise accordingly. > > > > * If you were planning on writing an article for Planet TinkerPop please > > publish it elsewhere. However, as before, do send us URLs to your content > > so that we can add it to the publications section of Apache TinkerPop ( > > http://tinkerpop.apache.org/#publications). Note that the current > > articles at Planet TinkerPop will be published elsewhere and linked to > > accordingly by Friday. > > > > We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. We hope you see how > > wonderful it is that we are able to integrate Planet TinkerPop into > Apache > > TinkerPop. I think our homepage is now top-notch as far as Apache > projects > > go. > > > > Thank you, > > Marko. > > > > http://markorodriguez.com > > > > >
