On Sun 05 Jul 2009 02:36, "Gavin" <ga...@16degrees.com.au> wrote:
>> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bob Schellink [mailto:sab...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Sunday, 5 July 2009 12:13 AM >> To: general@incubator.apache.org >> Subject: Re: Incorrect use of "Sponsor". >> >> Thanks for the clarification Niclas. I'll update the site. > > However, you are allowed to have them on the page, just with a 'thanks to > ...' , be sure that any external links like these use the 'nofollow' > attribute as specified by the PRC (so as to not water down the value of the > main ASF thanks page.) We put `nofollow` on the Bronze level sponsors and that was to stop the sponsorship program from turning into a spam-ridden link farm. I don't recall the PRC requiring other links to use nofollow, but perhaps I missed it. Lots of projects have lists of companies which provide commercial support or "powered by" sites. -- J. Aaron Farr 馮傑仁 www.cubiclemuses.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
