Philip Brown writes: > Richard L. Hamilton wrote: > >.... > > But I suspect getting a "contract" on some private interface needn't be > > incredibly > > difficult, > > how exactly does someone (outside of sun, who is merely a "volunteer", ie: > not putting money in) get such a contract?
Through the ARC. The word "contract" here is a terme d'art. It has nothing to do with money or commercial contracts of any sort. The template for a contract is linked from the left-hand side of the community web page. You can get it here: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/handbook/contract/ The hard part is usually in getting the names and contacts required for the paperwork -- not surprisingly, that's sometimes hard inside Sun, too, as it's a big company. I'd suggest looking for the closest matching OpenSolaris community group or project, then posting about what you're intending to do there. After some discussion (to make sure your plan isn't flawed in some way), ask the folks in that group to tell you the names you need for the form. The folks closely involved with a given project should know. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
