On May 24, 2011, at 9:23 AM, Steve Loughran wrote: > > I've drafted a policy on the wiki based on this discussion. > > http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/Defining%20Hadoop > > Others need to look at, edit, etc, then we can vote on whether to take it > into the managed documentation.
I think it looks great. Thanks for your work at drafting it, Steve. It addresses the rapidly growing problem of Do we need the escape clause that states "or other products which have written approval from the VP, Apache Brand Management?" I think that will just cause lots of petitions from the numerous companies with rationalizations about why their exception should be allowed. If we limit Hadoop to mean precisely the Apache releases, there is no ambiguity or room to argue. -- Owen
