On Sat, 2005-12-24 at 13:00 -0700, Martin Sebor wrote: > > Don't do a press release. An incubating project is not officially part > > of the ASF, and a press release will imply that the project is part of > > the ASF. This one really makes ASF members angry, so don't go here. > > -1 > > Press releases are a means for companies to announce noteworthy > events to the public. ... > > Don't "just" print some t-shirts with the ASF logo or the incubating > > project's logo. See "Don't do a press release" for reasons. > > -1 > > I see nothing wrong with printing T-shirts or other promotional > items as long as their design is approved by the ASF.
I disagree on both counts - while going thru incubation it is important to recognize that a project is *not* part of the ASF until it completes incubation. If we allow people to do press releases, print t-shirts and coffee mugs etc., then the rest of the world has no way to distinguish between a real ASF project and an incubating one. We don't allow code releases from the incubator except with carefully minted words. Given we can't do that with t-shirts, its best to just say no. Press releases could have the disclaimer text- but the reality is that when the story gets carried by various folks they drop that stuff- the story simply isn't powerful enough with a disclaimer. So we end up losing. So I agree with Dain's proposals! Sanjiva. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
