Other apache projects have powered by pages that sometimes contain logos. E.g.,
http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/PoweredBy On 8/19/08 11:32 AM, "Mark Slee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There will be a pretty vast distribution difference between the main > Apache site vs. a sub-page of the Thrift incubator project that I think > mitigates this risk. I don't think any company willing to pay for > placement on the main site would be satisfied with placement on the > Thrift page. > > Also, in this case, the intention is to go the other direction -- not to > give publicity to 3rd party brands via association with Apache, but > rather to help endorse the credibility of Thrift via these companies' > use of the code. The aim is really to help further the goals of the > Apache Thrift project, not to advertise for companies, and I'm pretty > confident the design will be interpreted as such. > > As you suggest, I'll ping the PRC about this and see what they say. > > Cheers, > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: Upayavira [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:38 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Company logos for Thrift site > > On Mon, 2008-08-18 at 17:16 -0700, Mark Slee wrote: >> Hi all, I'm revamping our incubator site and would like to include a >> section about the companies which use Thrift. Given that it's open >> source and anyone can search the committers list, I don't see any >> security/privacy problems with this -- but I did want to run this by >> everyone first. Here's the current list that I have: >> >> Facebook >> PowerSet >> RapLeaf >> iMeem >> AmieStreet >> reCaptcha > > Personally, I'd be okay with name mentions, but not logos. I'd run it by > the public relations committee (prc at apache.org). My reasoning is that > our sponsors pay major $$$ to get logos onto our main site, so I'm > uncomfortable giving logos away for free. > > Regards, Upayavira > > > >
