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Posted to community@apache.org by Dirk-Willem van Gulik <di...@webweaving.org> on 2004/08/25 17:22:21 UTC
Re: proposed ammendment to mirroring policy
On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Daniel F. Savarese wrote:
> Disclaimer: The presence of a mirror on this list does not
> constitute an endorsement by the Apache Software Foundation
> of the organization's business or other activities. The
> Apache Software Foundation lists all mirror sites that
> request to be listed and meet the criteria specified at:
> http://www.apache.org/info/how-to-mirror.html
+1
Dw.
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Re: proposed ammendment to mirroring policy
Posted by Vadim Gritsenko <va...@reverycodes.com>.
Joshua Slive wrote:
> Having said that, I do believe that providing as much information
> possible to our downloaders is a good thing. But lets make it less
> legalistic and more informative, like:
>
> "Apache mirrors are independently operated according to the guidelines
> specified on our <a href=...>how to mirror</a> page. Since the Apache
> Software Foundation cannot verify the contents of every mirror, it is
> important that you check the pgp or md5 signature after your download."
Less legalese: +1.
Not needing to add anything at all: even better.
Vadim
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Re: proposed ammendment to mirroring policy
Posted by Joshua Slive <jo...@slive.ca>.
On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Daniel F. Savarese wrote:
>
>> Disclaimer: The presence of a mirror on this list does not
>> constitute an endorsement by the Apache Software Foundation
>> of the organization's business or other activities. The
>> Apache Software Foundation lists all mirror sites that
>> request to be listed and meet the criteria specified at:
>> http://www.apache.org/info/how-to-mirror.html
>
> +1
Some issues:
1. Are we going to put a disclaimer on all external links from apache.org
sites? I *hate* sites that do that sort of thing. Web users understand
that links, be they informational or advertising, don't constitute
endorsements.
2. There is a major operational issue here. Getting all the projects to
make changes to their download pages is a very difficult proposition. Who
is going to work on tracking down each one to get the change made?
Having said that, I do believe that providing as much information possible
to our downloaders is a good thing. But lets make it less legalistic and
more informative, like:
"Apache mirrors are independently operated according to the guidelines
specified on our <a href=...>how to mirror</a> page. Since the Apache
Software Foundation cannot verify the contents of every mirror, it is
important that you check the pgp or md5 signature after your download."
Joshua.
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