There are best practices that apply to all Apache projects: https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/linking
Projects are free to come up with their own ways of doing this kind of thing; however it is important that the overall impression keeps within the spirit of being an independently governed project. We don't have a specific blurb of text to say "these companies use our software, but aren't directly related to our project governance" or the like - if people have suggestions we can consider them! - Shane On 11/26/14 11:54 AM, Stian Soiland-Reyes wrote: > Hi, Jena (see below) just gathered some emails about who is using the > software, and I thought this should be on the Jena website, considering the > notes about marketing made at ApacheCon EU. > > The issue is how to avoid the impression of endorsing these companies and > make it clear that others can be added. I see other projects like Hadoop > and Lucene have put these kind of lists in a wiki page rather than on the > main pages. > > is that the suggested best practice? What legal preamble is needed on such > a page? > >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: "Stian Soiland-Reyes" <[email protected]> >> Date: 26 Nov 2014 16:46 >> Subject: Re: Jena / Stanbol success stories? >> To: <[email protected]> >> Cc: >> >>> Yes, a bigger preamble would be needed on top. I would not say it is > frowned upon, what we can't say is that Jena is made by or for these > companies. >>> >>> and perhaps only truly self-reported ones could be listed, e.g. exclude > IBM and those Andy found out by looking at error messages.. ;) >>> >>> How other projects do this: >>> >>> http://hadoop.apache.org/#Who+Uses+Hadoop%3F >>> >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=30744222 >>> >>> http://wiki.apache.org/lucene-java/PoweredBy >>> >>> So the trend is to put such a list in a separate wiki page so it is more > obviously not endorsement and easier to see that you can add yourself. >>> >>> On 26 Nov 2014 16:22, "Rob Vesse" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Stian >>>> >>>> Putting up such a page is somewhat frowned upon at the ASF >>>> >>>> http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/responsibility#independent >>>> >>>> "Projects must not endorse or promote the work of third parties, nor > allow >>>> third party influence to affect the future of the project for specific >>>> outside organisations." >>>> >>>> So we'd have to be very careful how we phrase things to not fall afoul > of >>>> this requirement. >>>> >>>> Rob >>>> >>>> From: Stian Soiland-Reyes <[email protected]> >>>> Reply-To: <[email protected]> >>>> Date: Wednesday, 26 November 2014 15:44 >>>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: Re: Jena / Stanbol success stories? >>>> >>>>> I've summarized this thread so we can put it on the Jena website. (See >>>>> attached diff from the CMS). It was mentioned on ApacheCon that Apache >>>>> projects should be better on marketing - and this is great stuff that > Jena >>>>> should be proud of! >>>>> >>>>> Those reporting might want to double-check the text below. >>>>> >>>>> Not sure what to call the page.. "Who uses Jena?" "Users of Jena", > "Jena in >>>>> use" etc. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 25 November 2014 at 20:55, Milorad Tosic <[email protected]> > wrote: >>>>>> Our Semantic Linked Data management platform www.tasorone.com >>>>>> <http://www.tasorone.com> uses Jena's ARQ and offers Jena TDB based >>>>>> implementation as a default triplestore. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards,Milorad >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> From: Phillip Rhodes <[email protected]> >>>>>> To: [email protected]; [email protected] >>>>>> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 4:19 AM >>>>>> Subject: Jena / Stanbol success stories? >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, I was just wondering if anybody knows of, or is involved > with, >>>>>> any projects using Jena and/or Stanbol which (have been|can be) >>>>>> discussed and cited publicly? >>>>>> >>>>>> A local company that I've been talking to is interested in possibly >>>>>> using SemWeb technology (specifically, Jena/Stanbol) internally, but >>>>>> are looking for some evidence to support the assertion that this >>>>>> technology delivers and is "for real". >>>>>> >>>>>> Any pointers or references would be appreciated... or if you are >>>>>> personally involved in something and are willing to talk about it >>>>>> (possibly with appropriate NDAs, etc. in place), I'd love to talk to >>>>>> you. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Phil >>>>>> --- >>>>>> This message optimized for indexing by NSA PRISM >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Stian Soiland-Reyes >>>>>> Apache Taverna (incubating) >>>>>> http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-9718 >>>> >>>> >
