Firstly, I think that I understand the relation between Stack Overflow and Canonical and the roles of each one in the manage of Ask Ubuntu site. Here are some related questions:
- Does Canonical pay StackExchange to run AskUbuntu?
- Who owns Ask Ubuntu?
- Is Ask Ubuntu “official” Ubuntu?
- Why does AskUbuntu have elevated status in the Terms of Use?
In short, the site is made by community and for community, but some of users are indeed Canonical employees, so the site can be considered a kind of user support for a specific product, the Ubuntu's products in the case.
No problems with it, but I was thinking about and I haven't figured out any other SE site that works in the same way. There are any other one?
Besides, I didn't found any rule to propose a new site in Area 51 that works like a support page for a specific product and I'm curious about it.
What I mean is, if Apple contact Stack Overflow in the future to turn Ask Different in a official support channel, it would be possible?
If so, can I propose a SE site in Area 51 for my product and use it as a official support channel with my logo, trademark and specific rules (assuming that this product exists and it is popular for a specific Q&A site created following the rules of Area 51)?
There are some rules to deal with it?
