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+1 on option 3
-1 on option 1
0 on option 2

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On 25 May 2013, at 22:13, "Giles Sirett" <giles.sirett@shapeblue.com<mailto=
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+1 on option 3

This voting is getting TOO complicated

Kind Regards
Giles

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On 25 May 2013, at 22:00, "kelcey@backbonetechnology.com<mailto:kelcey@back=
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technology.com>> wrote:

I would vote for option 3,

Myself and other creators of external community supporting products have ne=
ver asked for endorsement. We simply seek acknowledgement.

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Subject: Packt Book - Publish on our website?
Date: Sat, May 25, 2013 12:54 PM

Wonder if it's best to come up with 3 options to vote yeah/nah on. Is it
too early to vote on?

I'm on a plane so may be missing the most recent on this thread.  Did see
before boarding on my mobile that Giles had a good suggestion of having an
"unendorsed/unofficial community" section of the page.

So.. options could be:
1) Do not create a list of external information sources.
2) Create an endorsed/official list of external information services
3) Create an unendorsed/"caveat emptor" list of external information
services.

Agree with the concern of mind share Giles pointed out should option 1 win
out.  So, personally I'd vote no to option 1 but yes to both options 2 &
3.


PS - apologies if this is repeat by the time I sync up!


On 5/24/13 3:01 PM, "Noah Slater" <nslater@apache.org<mailto:nslater@apache=
.org><mailto:nslater@apache.org>> wrote:

On 24 May 2013 21:54, Sebastien Goasguen <runseb@gmail.com<mailto:runseb@gm=
ail.com><mailto:runseb@gmail.com>> wrote:


Quite flabbergasted actually. What's wrong with a book icon on a
webpage ?


We've been over the opposing arguments several time in this thread.


Checking their book for sanity is a 10 minute deal, one evening if you
want to be thorough.


I think you underestimate how much time it takes to review a book for
quality. Or perhaps we have different interpretations of what a review
would comprise. Note that David spent several evenings on this (I believe)
before he found a problem.


We are spending more time discussing it than it would take doing it.
Having the Packt book is terrific, there is no being neutral about this.


Discussion-lead consensus-building is an important part of how we make
decisions. :) And it's up to the community to decide how neutral or
circumspect we wish to be about third-party resources.


On 24 May 2013 22:06, Kelcey Jamison Damage <kelcey@bbits.ca<mailto:kelcey@=
bbits.ca><mailto:kelcey@bbits.ca>> wrote:

I can't imagine this has anything to do with the quality of work at
this
point but is primarily a political discussion.


Yes, I believe we are talking about the general case here. (Note: not
"political" but "project".)


I do think the fact I hammered into Packt the value of being a friend of
the community and following our rules, and product usage guidelines
resulted in an offer to donate 2% of revenue to the project, is another
strong gesture of positivity.


Agreed. Similarly, when people donate to us, they get a mention on
http://www.apache.org/foundation/thanks.html < but nothing more. We never
endorse people in return for their contributions.


A lot of time and effort went into this book from a community
perspective
and not a commercial one. Yes someone is making money, but at least
Packt
reached out and got committers and community members to
co-write/advise/edit the book prior to publication, and then after
publication reached back out to the community. Those action have
impressed
me greatly.


I don't think anyone has any problem with people making money off the back
of CloudStack. Strikes me as a great thing!


I am not sure how assisting the community in locating print materials is
bad for us in any way.


The arguments have been covered a few times in this thread already.

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