Re: [draft-2] SD Magazine: request for change

2005-03-20 Thread robert burrell donkin
On Sun, 2005-03-20 at 20:40 +0100, Torsten Curdt wrote:
> > Hi Kate,
> > 
> > I'd like to thank SD/Jolt on behalf of the Jakarta community for the
> > JOLT "Productivity Winner" award for Tomcat 5.0. Media recognition of
> > the work the Tomcat community puts in is always very welcome.
> > 
> > I'm also writing to let you know about a [serious] error on your JOLT
> > product excellence awards press release because I am concerned it might
> > be reproduced in your forthcoming June 2005 issue:
> 
> I would drop "serious"

+1

> > http://www.sdmagazine.com/pressroom/jolt_winners_2005.pdf
> > 
> > The release [incorrectly] attributes Apache's Tomcat 5.0 product to "The
> 
> Also the "incorrectly"

+1

> > Apache Jakarta Project and leading Tomcat contributor JBoss".
> > 
> > There is one big problem with this attribution for us, Apache does not
> > have a concept of leading contributors. It is completely out of sync
> > with the very philosophies that lie at the heart of the Apache Software
> > Foundation (ASF), as there are 70 committers to the Tomcat codebase,
> > many of whom are employed by other companies or contribute individually.
> > 
> > We would like to request that this be changed to:
> 
> "request" sounds a bit harsh ...what about "see"

+1

> > "Tomcat 5.0 (The Apache Software Foundation)"
> > 
> > in both the press release (pdf url above) and the forthcoming June 2005
> > issue.
> > 
> > Officially the name of the product is "Apache Tomcat 5.0" and not just
> > "Tomcat 5.0", but I will leave it to your discretion as to whether you'd
> > like to prefix Tomcat with Apache or not, as the subsequent mention of
> > the ASF is fine.
> 
> ...always play nice on the first contact.

+1

sometimes less says more :)

am i right in thinking that the importance of pushing "Apache Tomcat"
now is about trademark issues? 

(one neat way of diffusing this the whole issue might be for the
attribution to be corrected but a quote given by remy of jboss)

- robert


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Re: [draft-2] SD Magazine: request for change

2005-03-20 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr .
I think this is great.  More inline...
On Mar 20, 2005, at 1:19 PM, Henri Yandell wrote:
Added thanks for the award.
Removed the text about companies not being contributors as it is 
nitpicking.

Added note about Apache Tomcat, though I left it open to their 
discretion to avoid detracting from the main issue, that of the 
concept of a leading contributor.

Hen
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Subject: Tomcat 5.0 error in JOLT announcement
Hi Kate,
I'd like to thank SD/Jolt on behalf of the Jakarta community for the 
JOLT "Productivity Winner" award for Tomcat 5.0. Media recognition of 
the work the Tomcat community puts in is always very welcome.

I'm also writing to let you know about a serious error on your JOLT 
product excellence awards press release because I am concerned it 
might be reproduced in your forthcoming June 2005 issue:

http://www.sdmagazine.com/pressroom/jolt_winners_2005.pdf
The release incorrectly attributes Apache's Tomcat 5.0 product to "The 
Apache Jakarta Project and leading Tomcat contributor JBoss".

There is one big problem with this attribution for us, Apache does not 
have a concept of leading contributors. It is completely out of sync 
with the very philosophies that lie at the heart of the Apache 
Software Foundation (ASF), as there are 70 committers to the Tomcat 
codebase, many of whom are employed by other companies or contribute 
individually.

We would like to request that this be changed to:
"Tomcat 5.0 (The Apache Software Foundation)"
in both the press release (pdf url above) and the forthcoming June 
2005 issue.

Officially the name of the product is "Apache Tomcat 5.0" and not just 
"Tomcat 5.0", but I will leave it to your discretion as to whether 
you'd like to prefix Tomcat with Apache or not, as the subsequent 
mention of the ASF is fine.

I'd actually gently push as we want this to be named "Apache Tomcat 
5.0".

"Officially, the name of the project is "Apache Tomcat 5.0", and not 
just "Tomcat 5.0", and we'd appreciate the change if that was 
possible."

:)
Well done!
geir

Many thanks,
Henri Yandell
V.P., Apache Jakarta
Aw, spell this out.  You want this to be as impressive as it can be for 
this :

Henri Yandell
Vice President, Apache Jakarta Project
The Apache Software Foundation
:)
geir

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Re: [draft-2] SD Magazine: request for change

2005-03-20 Thread Stephen Colebourne
While not directly involved with Tomcat, some code I have written via 
commons probably is included in Tomcat distros.

My comment is simply that I found the pdf description rather distasteful and 
definitely worthy of gentle correction.

We all have lines that we don't want to see crossed, and each person has a 
line in a different place. Simply put, this crossed my line.

+1 to sending the mail
Stephen
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From: "Henri Yandell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Added thanks for the award.
Removed the text about companies not being contributors as it is 
nitpicking.

Added note about Apache Tomcat, though I left it open to their discretion 
to avoid detracting from the main issue, that of the concept of a leading 
contributor.

Hen
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Subject: Tomcat 5.0 error in JOLT announcement
Hi Kate,
I'd like to thank SD/Jolt on behalf of the Jakarta community for the JOLT 
"Productivity Winner" award for Tomcat 5.0. Media recognition of the work 
the Tomcat community puts in is always very welcome.

I'm also writing to let you know about a serious error on your JOLT 
product excellence awards press release because I am concerned it might be 
reproduced in your forthcoming June 2005 issue:

http://www.sdmagazine.com/pressroom/jolt_winners_2005.pdf
The release incorrectly attributes Apache's Tomcat 5.0 product to "The 
Apache Jakarta Project and leading Tomcat contributor JBoss".

There is one big problem with this attribution for us, Apache does not 
have a concept of leading contributors. It is completely out of sync with 
the very philosophies that lie at the heart of the Apache Software 
Foundation (ASF), as there are 70 committers to the Tomcat codebase, many 
of whom are employed by other companies or contribute individually.

We would like to request that this be changed to:
"Tomcat 5.0 (The Apache Software Foundation)"
in both the press release (pdf url above) and the forthcoming June 2005 
issue.

Officially the name of the product is "Apache Tomcat 5.0" and not just 
"Tomcat 5.0", but I will leave it to your discretion as to whether you'd 
like to prefix Tomcat with Apache or not, as the subsequent mention of the 
ASF is fine.

Many thanks,
Henri Yandell
V.P., Apache Jakarta
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Re: [draft-2] SD Magazine: request for change

2005-03-20 Thread Greg Stein
Overall, it looks good to me. The reference in the first paragraph should
probably be "Apache Tomcat".

Thanks, Henri.

Cheers,
-g

On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 01:19:14PM -0500, Henri Yandell wrote:
> 
> Added thanks for the award.
> 
> Removed the text about companies not being contributors as it is nitpicking.
> 
> Added note about Apache Tomcat, though I left it open to their discretion 
> to avoid detracting from the main issue, that of the concept of a leading 
> contributor.
> 
> Hen
> 
> ===
> 
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Tomcat 5.0 error in JOLT announcement
> 
> Hi Kate,
> 
> I'd like to thank SD/Jolt on behalf of the Jakarta community for the JOLT 
> "Productivity Winner" award for Tomcat 5.0. Media recognition of the work 
> the Tomcat community puts in is always very welcome.
> 
> I'm also writing to let you know about a serious error on your JOLT 
> product excellence awards press release because I am concerned it might be 
> reproduced in your forthcoming June 2005 issue:
> 
> http://www.sdmagazine.com/pressroom/jolt_winners_2005.pdf
> 
> The release incorrectly attributes Apache's Tomcat 5.0 product to "The 
> Apache Jakarta Project and leading Tomcat contributor JBoss".
> 
> There is one big problem with this attribution for us, Apache does not 
> have a concept of leading contributors. It is completely out of sync with 
> the very philosophies that lie at the heart of the Apache Software 
> Foundation (ASF), as there are 70 committers to the Tomcat codebase, many 
> of whom are employed by other companies or contribute individually.
> 
> We would like to request that this be changed to:
> 
> "Tomcat 5.0 (The Apache Software Foundation)"
> 
> in both the press release (pdf url above) and the forthcoming June 2005 
> issue.
> 
> Officially the name of the product is "Apache Tomcat 5.0" and not just 
> "Tomcat 5.0", but I will leave it to your discretion as to whether you'd 
> like to prefix Tomcat with Apache or not, as the subsequent mention of the 
> ASF is fine.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Henri Yandell
> V.P., Apache Jakarta

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Re: [draft-2] SD Magazine: request for change

2005-03-20 Thread Torsten Curdt
> Hi Kate,
> 
> I'd like to thank SD/Jolt on behalf of the Jakarta community for the
> JOLT "Productivity Winner" award for Tomcat 5.0. Media recognition of
> the work the Tomcat community puts in is always very welcome.
> 
> I'm also writing to let you know about a [serious] error on your JOLT
> product excellence awards press release because I am concerned it might
> be reproduced in your forthcoming June 2005 issue:

I would drop "serious"

> http://www.sdmagazine.com/pressroom/jolt_winners_2005.pdf
> 
> The release [incorrectly] attributes Apache's Tomcat 5.0 product to "The

Also the "incorrectly"

> Apache Jakarta Project and leading Tomcat contributor JBoss".
> 
> There is one big problem with this attribution for us, Apache does not
> have a concept of leading contributors. It is completely out of sync
> with the very philosophies that lie at the heart of the Apache Software
> Foundation (ASF), as there are 70 committers to the Tomcat codebase,
> many of whom are employed by other companies or contribute individually.
> 
> We would like to request that this be changed to:

"request" sounds a bit harsh ...what about "see"

> "Tomcat 5.0 (The Apache Software Foundation)"
> 
> in both the press release (pdf url above) and the forthcoming June 2005
> issue.
> 
> Officially the name of the product is "Apache Tomcat 5.0" and not just
> "Tomcat 5.0", but I will leave it to your discretion as to whether you'd
> like to prefix Tomcat with Apache or not, as the subsequent mention of
> the ASF is fine.

...always play nice on the first contact.

My 2 cents

cheers
--
Torsten


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Re: [draft-2] SD Magazine: request for change

2005-03-20 Thread Mladen Turk
Henri Yandell wrote:
Specifically to Remy/Mladen, does this seem acceptable to you with your 
JBoss hats on?

Personally I don't care.
If those things bother you guys, do what ever you wish.
Regards,
Mladen.
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[draft-2] SD Magazine: request for change

2005-03-20 Thread Henri Yandell
Added thanks for the award.
Removed the text about companies not being contributors as it is nitpicking.
Added note about Apache Tomcat, though I left it open to their discretion 
to avoid detracting from the main issue, that of the concept of a leading 
contributor.

Hen
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Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Tomcat 5.0 error in JOLT announcement
Hi Kate,
I'd like to thank SD/Jolt on behalf of the Jakarta community for the JOLT 
"Productivity Winner" award for Tomcat 5.0. Media recognition of the work 
the Tomcat community puts in is always very welcome.

I'm also writing to let you know about a serious error on your JOLT 
product excellence awards press release because I am concerned it might be 
reproduced in your forthcoming June 2005 issue:

http://www.sdmagazine.com/pressroom/jolt_winners_2005.pdf
The release incorrectly attributes Apache's Tomcat 5.0 product to "The 
Apache Jakarta Project and leading Tomcat contributor JBoss".

There is one big problem with this attribution for us, Apache does not 
have a concept of leading contributors. It is completely out of sync with 
the very philosophies that lie at the heart of the Apache Software 
Foundation (ASF), as there are 70 committers to the Tomcat codebase, many 
of whom are employed by other companies or contribute individually.

We would like to request that this be changed to:
"Tomcat 5.0 (The Apache Software Foundation)"
in both the press release (pdf url above) and the forthcoming June 2005 
issue.

Officially the name of the product is "Apache Tomcat 5.0" and not just 
"Tomcat 5.0", but I will leave it to your discretion as to whether you'd 
like to prefix Tomcat with Apache or not, as the subsequent mention of the 
ASF is fine.

Many thanks,
Henri Yandell
V.P., Apache Jakarta
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Re: [draft-2] SD Magazine: request for change

2005-03-20 Thread Henri Yandell
Specifically to Remy/Mladen, does this seem acceptable to you with your 
JBoss hats on?

Trying to focus on the email being a request to focus on the whole Tomcat 
community rather than just the two of you for the success of Tomcat 5.0.

Hen
On Sun, 20 Mar 2005, Henri Yandell wrote:
Added thanks for the award.
Removed the text about companies not being contributors as it is nitpicking.
Added note about Apache Tomcat, though I left it open to their discretion to 
avoid detracting from the main issue, that of the concept of a leading 
contributor.

Hen
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Subject: Tomcat 5.0 error in JOLT announcement
Hi Kate,
I'd like to thank SD/Jolt on behalf of the Jakarta community for the JOLT 
"Productivity Winner" award for Tomcat 5.0. Media recognition of the work the 
Tomcat community puts in is always very welcome.

I'm also writing to let you know about a serious error on your JOLT product 
excellence awards press release because I am concerned it might be reproduced 
in your forthcoming June 2005 issue:

http://www.sdmagazine.com/pressroom/jolt_winners_2005.pdf
The release incorrectly attributes Apache's Tomcat 5.0 product to "The Apache 
Jakarta Project and leading Tomcat contributor JBoss".

There is one big problem with this attribution for us, Apache does not have a 
concept of leading contributors. It is completely out of sync with the very 
philosophies that lie at the heart of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), 
as there are 70 committers to the Tomcat codebase, many of whom are employed 
by other companies or contribute individually.

We would like to request that this be changed to:
"Tomcat 5.0 (The Apache Software Foundation)"
in both the press release (pdf url above) and the forthcoming June 2005 
issue.

Officially the name of the product is "Apache Tomcat 5.0" and not just 
"Tomcat 5.0", but I will leave it to your discretion as to whether you'd like 
to prefix Tomcat with Apache or not, as the subsequent mention of the ASF is 
fine.

Many thanks,
Henri Yandell
V.P., Apache Jakarta
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