Ok On Thu, Dec 8, 2022, 9:53 PM Dave Fisher <wave4d...@comcast.net> wrote:
> > > > On Dec 8, 2022, at 6:44 PM, Greg Stein <gst...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > On 2022/12/08 20:30:02 Christian Grobmeier wrote: > >> ... > >> Bu t I mentioned, I get your point. Would you be less concerned with a > domain like asf.social, since this is not an official domain? Assuming > asf.social would be only for ASF community, but also allow "offical" > accounts like press@asf.social? > > > > By definition, asf.social is an official domain. ... If it is not, then > it is a trademark violation. One might argue the violation (good luck), but > isn't the GOAL to have an official domain to establish a trust level? > > > > Trademarks, but more specifically Branding: has stated that the ASF will > not "grow" new domains, and that apache.org should be used. Simply to use > "asf.social" would require a clear exception grant from Branding. > > > > Next: each hostname/service under apache.org must be owned by an > Officer of the Foundation. It was unclear for many years for many years who > owned www.apache.org and the annou...@apache.org mailing list. The > Foundation decided that is our public face, our public messaging, and > should (thus) be owned by the VP Marketing & Publicity. M&P also owns our > Twitter account and YouTube channel. By similar reasoning, M&P would own > how an official hostname used for Mastodon would be portrayed to the > general public; especially if it would become official messaging channel(s) > for the Foundation. > > > > Note: individual TLPs create their own accounts on third party services, > such as Twitter and Facebook, without consultation with M&P. That is a bit > different from constructing an official [Mastodon] namespace for the > Foundation. Who owns *that* namespace? (IMO: M&P) > > > > Should such an official hostname be desired, an Officer Owner will be > required. That is likely best discussed internally, but ENOCARE, really. > > I agree with Greg’s statement above because that’s how it works. > > Best, > Dave > > > > > Cheers, > > -g > > > > ps. not speaking for Infra; just explaining how ownership of > host/service $foo works at the ASF > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > >
