[ZWeb] Request for comment - zope.org commercial news

[George Donnelly]

On 2004-10-25 19:03:22 -0500, Michael Haubenwallner <michael at d2m.at> said:

> There is a problem with zope.org news that come from a commercial 
> background - especially from the "Zope hosting provider" group.
> I am not sure all parties agree on publishing/announcing policy we 
> discussed here lately.
> I would like to ask ML members and the respective hosting providers 
> (Zettai, Beehive, Nidelven, Zopehosting, Python-hosting, Quintagroup) 
> for another round of statements on the topic and suggest to write up a 
> 'commercial news policy'.

Sorry for the late reply. I stopped reading this list out of 
frustration about a year back.

I have posted some commercial announcements going back awhile. I have 
tried to limit them to what i could consider truly 
interesting/unique/significant things/developments for certain groups 
of zope people, to post very infrequently and to not go overboard with 
marketing-speak.

You could ban entirely commercial postings, but i don't see the point 
and i see nothing wrong with infrequent and matter-of-fact styled 
commercial postings. The community also includes people who make money 
with zope, which is a good thing.

Perhaps there can be some style guidelines and limits on posting, say a 
company can only post once every 3-6 months.

hope this is useful.