Re: [savannah-help-public] Using mod_proxy to host the project homepage elsewhere

2013-11-17 Thread Bob Proulx
> The thing is, when someone uses www.nongnu.org, they get > their access after agreeing to our policies (when they registered > their savannah project). E.g., they agreed not to promote proprietary > software on their web pages. > > Spreading that a step further to arbitrary hosting anywhere ...

Re: [savannah-help-public] Using mod_proxy to host the project homepage elsewhere

2013-11-17 Thread Karl Berry
Isn't www.nongnu.org served from the FSF and is just a top level http redirect back to savannah.nongnu.org? Yes, I concur, I had forgotten about that. And philosophically and politically would the FSF want to be a DNS registrar for nongnu projects? I am not FSF, but I'm sure th

Re: [savannah-help-public] Using mod_proxy to host the project homepage elsewhere

2013-11-17 Thread Bob Proulx
Hi Karl, Karl Berry wrote: > Beyond that, in principle, installing mod_proxy with its potential > hazards just to make it easy for people to avoid using us seems, um, > wrong. I personally am not inclined to change the world just to accede > to one person's request but hey, it's not up to me. I

Re: [savannah-help-public] Using mod_proxy to host the project homepage elsewhere

2013-11-17 Thread Karl Berry
Bob, I agree with your point that a redirect defeats the purpose of keeping the existing url, since in reality the url people (and google) see is the eventual real target that shows up in the address bar. Beyond that, in principle, installing mod_proxy with its potential hazards just to make it e