From: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> |
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To: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
Cc: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-www <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Out-of-policy Planet post? |
Date: | 2012-10-08 21:29:54 |
Message-ID: | CABUevEx_ro5Quw8cN6-5pFTft48is980Rs1mtu_bj2UM1jBpRg@mail.gmail.com |
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On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 08:57:02PM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
>> > On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 11:14:53AM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
>> >> WWW,
>> >>
>> >> "8 New Oracle compatibility features in EnterpriseDB PPAS 9.2 Beta"
>> >>
>> >> Last I checked, the end result of discussion on this list was that no
>> >> blogging about proprietary forks of PostgreSQL was permitted on Planet.
>> >> It's a policy I disagreed with, but if that's our policy, we should
>> >> follow it.
>> >>
>> >> Since Ras seems to be a new blogger, someone from WWW should just inform
>> >> him of the policy and remove the post.
>> >
>> > Yes, I assumed someone had already done that, so I didn't say anything,
>> > but I agree.
>>
>> Does it actually violate the policy though? It's pretty darn vague...
>> I agree it's very much a borderline so somebody should probably send
>> him a warning about it, but I'm not sure it's actually a strict
>> violation?
>
> Would the post be interesting to anyone not using the EDB commercial
> product? I didn't think it would be.
Well, the policy says "All blogs should be about PostgreSQL or closely
related technologies.". Which it kind of is, no? And it's not
advertising, I think.
Though I guess it might qualify as an ad, yes.
I've hidden the post for now. Can someone write up a nice explanation
to the author on why?
--
Magnus Hagander
Me: http://www.hagander.net/
Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/
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