From 67b044da19de6c2b72c31fcb788bce930a89ccc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jess Lee
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2019 16:41:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update content policy and faqs about sponsorship (#3634)
* add affiliate link disclosure to content policy
* point ppl to partnerships page instead of peters email
* update broken licensing link
---
README.md | 2 +-
app/views/pages/_terms_text.html.erb | 6 +++++-
app/views/pages/sponsors.html.erb | 2 +-
app/views/pages/sponsorship_faq.html.erb | 2 +-
4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f9b097ddf..8bedf336d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ Like many open source projects, we require that contributors provide us with a C
Our version of the CLA was adapted from the Microsoft Contributor License Agreement, which they generously made available to the public domain under Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
-Any questions, please refer to our [license FAQ](http://docs.dev.to/license-faq/) doc or email yo@dev.to
+Any questions, please refer to our [license FAQ](https://docs.dev.to/licensing/) doc or email yo@dev.to
diff --git a/app/views/pages/_terms_text.html.erb b/app/views/pages/_terms_text.html.erb
index 9ffe59ee1..66d00dafa 100644
--- a/app/views/pages/_terms_text.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/pages/_terms_text.html.erb
@@ -112,7 +112,11 @@
- Users must make a good-faith effort to share content that is on-topic, of high-quality, and is not designed primarily for the purposes of promotion or creating backlinks. Additionally, posts must contain substantial content — they may not merely reference an external link that contains the full post. This policy applies to comments, articles, and and all other works shared on the DEV platform.
+ The following policy applies to comments, articles, and all other works shared on the DEV platform:
+
- Users must make a good-faith effort to share content that is on-topic, of high-quality, and is not designed primarily for the purposes of promotion or creating backlinks.
+
+ - Posts must contain substantial content — they may not merely reference an external link that contains the full post.
+ - If a post contains affiliate links, that fact must be clearly disclosed. For instance, with language such as: “This post includes affiliate links; I may receive compensation if you purchase products or services from the different links provided in this article.”
diff --git a/app/views/pages/sponsors.html.erb b/app/views/pages/sponsors.html.erb
index 73e933d57..96b59efc1 100644
--- a/app/views/pages/sponsors.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/pages/sponsors.html.erb
@@ -74,6 +74,6 @@
<% end %>
-
Interested in sponsoring dev.to? Email peter@dev.to
+ Interested in sponsoring dev.to? Check out our partnerships page.
diff --git a/app/views/pages/sponsorship_faq.html.erb b/app/views/pages/sponsorship_faq.html.erb
index dbdeac8f9..f22348c0b 100644
--- a/app/views/pages/sponsorship_faq.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/pages/sponsorship_faq.html.erb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
How can my company become a sponsor?
- Email peter@dev.to for more information.
+ Check out our partnerships page for more info.
Anything else I should know?