On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 6:31 PM, Marvin Humphrey <mar...@rectangular.com> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 9:44 AM, Mike Jumper <mike.jum...@guac-dev.org> wrote: > >> Is the project-specific organization option not really an option at all >> then? Frowned upon for a TLP, and not to be considered by a podling? > > My chief concern so far has been assuring that our nascent Infra-supported > offerings do not conflict with policy. Now that this has been achieved (in > planning, if not yet in implementation), it's easier to speak to your issue. > > The main Docker Hub at hub.docker.com is a public-facing downstream > distribution channel -- similar to Maven Central, PyPI, Debian package > management, etc. > > It is appropriate to distribute official releases through downstream channels, > but inappropriate to distribute unreleased materials through them. (That's > why having `latest` on hub.docker.com point to git `master` is problematic.) > See Apache's formal Release Policy and Release Distribution Policy documents: > > http://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy#policy > http://www.apache.org/dev/release-distribution#policy > > There are an unbounded number of such downstream channels, and there is no way > we are going to formulate specific policies for all of them. Instead, we > primarily rely on people respecting our trademarks: that "Apache Foo", when > obtained from one of these channels, is what the consumer expects. > > http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks > > One implication is that if you're using the project name for that Docker > Hub account, we'd expect the entire PMC to have access. > > Incubating podlings operate under additional constraints, in that the "Apache" > brand needs to be tempered with "incubating" and appropriate disclaimers. > > http://incubator.apache.org/guides/branding.html > > But within those guidelines, the answer is: yes, go ahead. If Infra's > offering is not to your taste, that is. > > Marvin Humphrey >
Excellent. Thanks, Marvin. This addresses absolutely all my questions quite nicely. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
