Re: postgresql-archive.org

On 2018-08-23 00:10, Andres Freund wrote:
> On 2018-08-22 23:49:54 +0100, Justin Clift wrote:
>> On 2018-08-22 22:48, Andres Freund wrote:
>> > On 2018-08-22 23:38:17 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> > > On 22/08/2018 21:08, Andres Freund wrote:
>> > > > I kinda wonder if the postgres community shouldn't do something about
>> > > > http://www.postgresql-archive.org/.  The name makes it sound somewhat
>> > > > official, but it doesn't appear to be.  At least I do not know who runs
>> > > > it. Does somebody else?
>> > >
>> > > I understand the concern, but I don't think there is anything we can
>> > > do.
>> > >  Our trademark policy allows this kind of thing.
>> 
>> One important thing which seems to have been missed so far, is that 
>> it's
>> fairly common for places to "stop doing <whatever>" if they're asked 
>> nicely
>> by the OSS project they're doing it in regards to.
> 
> Huh? I explicitly suggested that as the first step?

Ugh.  Sorry yeah, long day. :/


>> Caveat -> That's only if they seem to be decent operators though.  If
>> they're
>> known to be doing anything dodgy, that's an automatic black flag. ;)
> 
> They intercept attachement links to display adds. Pretty dubious ones,
> with links to some "download manager" one time (I did not download that
> one), and now to a "resume-builder". Using popunders.  So yea, this is
> dodgy.

Yeah, agreed.  Those put the operator into dodgy territory.

+ Justin