Great. Note that all we need is a policy statement from a VP to point at. Whimsy already has code to look for copyright statements:
https://github.com/apache/whimsy/blob/master/tools/site-scan.rb#L132 - Shane Chris Mattmann wrote on 10/9/17 11:40 AM: > Hey Shane, > > Thanks for this clear explanation. Let me take a look at /legal. I agree that > our policy should be > “Apache projects should include a Copyright statement on their websites”. > Then I can grab the > regex and suggest that as a template. Simple. > > That work for you? > > I’ll try and find a good spot on the website to update it, and return to this > thread shortly. > > Cheers, > Chris > > > > > On 10/9/17, 7:38 AM, "Shane Curcuru" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Chris Mattmann wrote on 10/8/17 5:29 PM: > > Hey Team, > > > > Sorry I am missing the context here. What’s up? How can I help? > > Root question: Should Apache projects include a Copyright statement on > their websites? Yes, No, or needs more discussion? > > My vote is for Yes, we (including Apache projects) should clearly state > our copyrights along with our license. > > Since this is most closely related to licensing, I figured it was in VP, > Legal's baliwick. > > If Yes, then we should write this down as a policy under /legal/ so that > the Whimsy tool's checking can reference that policy. > > > > > > > Cheers, > > Chris > > > > > > > > > > On 10/8/17, 3:41 AM, "Shane Curcuru" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > sebb wrote on 10/8/17 6:29 AM: > > > Some of the website checks don't have pointers to documentation: > > > > > > events > > > > Rich, do you have a public written URL that requires (or asks) > projects > > to include the code snippet for the apachecon events listing? Or is > > this not maintained currently? > > > > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/infrastructure/site/trunk/content/events/README.txt > > > > > image > > This is Sally as VP, Marketing & Publicity, since she owns the a.o > > homepage. I don't know if it's a requirement yet, but it's used to > > generate links on the homepage; so projects without an image there > will > > look pretty dumb with an image placeholder. I'll ask her. > > > > See also: > > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/infrastructure/site/trunk/content/img/HEADER.html > > > > > copyright > > This would be Chris as VP, Legal, I presume. I never thought about > it, > > but I believe it's important and should absolutely be a requirement. > > > > > I assume there are reasons for including these checks, in which > case > > > the doc links are needed. > > > > > > Anyone know where to find these requirements? > > > > > > If not, the checks should be dropped from the analysis/display > (if not > > > the extraction phase) > > > > > > > No, they should not be dropped, because they are still clearly > useful - > > although UI to mark them separately would be fine. I.e. the > "image" may > > not (yet) be an ASF *requirement*, it's still an important thing to > have > > a check for. > > > > -- > > > > - Shane > > https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/resources > > > > > > > > > -- > > - Shane > https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/resources > > > -- - Shane https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/resources
