This is something that we could usefully talk about.
A search of the forums (as in my other post) will show that this topic has come up quite frequently, and there has been a suggestion that Moodle partners and others are differentiated because the former can use the Moodle brand name in web sites and other advertising. On Moodle.org, where might Moodlers refer to their business interests in Moodle? They could be partners, and be listed on Moodle.org
front page (no problems there I think), or they could be non-partners who offer hosting or use Moodle in connection with their business. The three main areas that Moodlers might make reference to business are in their user profile, in discussion postings or in their
Blog entries.
What is acceptable in each of these cases? Personally I would be quite happy for Moodlers to link to their business sites and make a brief reference to what their business is in their personal profile, but I guess that some would wish to offer guidance on use of Moodle brand name.
Now how about answering questions in a post such as the one above? Anyone can make contact with the questioner and offer to communicate with them off Moodle.org. Personally, I would prefer it if all Moodlers avoided overt business promotion in forums but others may disagree and anyway that is very much a matter of interpretation. I would certainly be opposed to a situation where that was OK for Moodle partners but not others.
I have not even thought about blogs but what do others think about this?