Charlie, Hope Tim will reply soon to your request. As for ACQ, you can check yourself the last case [1] with the Google Android. No ACQ + very good intentions to contribute things back means no donation.
[1] http://markmail.org/thread/dtnzrj3oagtpnkfm 2009/4/8 charlie hunt <charlie.h...@sun.com>: > Alexei, > > I understand Tim is on vacation / holidays this week. > > Can I assume you are acting "Harmony lead" in Tim's absence? > > Wouldn't Sun already have an agreement with Apache which would satisfy the > needs of the ACQ? > > If it pleases you and Harmony, I will fill out the ACQ. (Sorry, I just don't > fully understand why it's needed for what we're trying to accomplish). Can > you tell me where and the suggested format to send it? > > thanks, > > charlie .... > > Alexei Fedotov wrote: >> >> Charlie, >> There is no way to give code back to Harmony without filling ACQ. This >> form guarantees that you do not give Sun's private IP to Apache >> Harmony which is a "clean room" implementation. >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 5:52 PM, charlie hunt <charlie.h...@sun.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Ok ... I'm back. >>> >>> Tim: Some questions below. Sorry to be overly cautious here. But, I >>> want >>> direction from you on moving forward with this. >>> >>> For others who have asked other questions .... I will get to those >>> questions >>> unrelated to getting these modifications to Harmony once we get that task >>> out of the way. Please bear with me ... first things first. :-) >>> >>> If possible I would like to get this transaction completed today since I >>> am >>> planning to be on holidays / vacation Thursday & Friday. >>> >>> Questions for Tim: >>> >>> Just to be clear on the TreeMap artifact. The modifications are >>> enhancements which made to a TreeMap 5 from the Harmony repository where >>> we >>> added / implemented the Java 6 APIs to make it Java 6 compliant. >>> Although I >>> was the author of the changes / enhancements, I do not own this rights to >>> the code that was added, Sun owns it and Sun wishes to give these >>> changes/enhancements to Harmony. >>> >>> 1.) I looked over the "detailed contribution policy". At first glance it >>> looks a little daunting. ;-) It seems a little heavyweight for what we >>> are >>> trying to accomplish which is merely giving Harmony the modifications to >>> java.util.TreeMap. Do we need to do: >>> a.) Authorized Contributor Questionnaire: This looks to be applicable if >>> one is wanting to be a (long term) committer to the project. That is not >>> my >>> intention. I merely would like to give Harmony the modifications made to >>> your TreeMap 5. Do you really need this Authorized Contributor >>> Questionnaire? Would there be some kind of "blanket" agreement between >>> Sun >>> & Apache which would make this transaction much easier? Sun makes >>> contributions and has contributors on many different Apache projects. >>> (Fwiw, I am not trying to delay or slow the transaction. I am trying to >>> figure out the easiest and quickest way to make this transaction occur.) >>> b.) I am certainly not an expert at this topic. But, after reading the >>> "Contribution Policy", it looks to me as if this contribution falls under >>> the "Bulk Contribution"? Would you agree? >>> >>> Assuming you agree this contribution falls under the "Bulk Contribution", >>> what is the typical artifacts put in JIRA and is this something we can do >>> ahead of satisfying the "Software Grant or CCLA" which might already >>> exist >>> for Sun? If this falls under a "Bulk Contribution" do you need the >>> "Authorized Contributor Questionnaire" from me? >>> >>> Sorry to be full of questions ... this is something that is totally new >>> and >>> foreign to me. :-( >>> >>> thanks, >>> >>> charlie hunt ... >>> >>> charlie hunt wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Tim, >>>> >>>> Since you're essentially the person who's the face of Harmony these >>>> days, >>>> I would like to ask you to help me (a novice) with this process. >>>> >>>> Hope you don't mind some silly / stupid questions. :-/ I'm an >>>> engineer. >>>> Not an open source license and processes expert. In other words, I do >>>> not >>>> want to unknowingly do something that is harmful to either party >>>> involved. >>>> This also why I haven't put the code in front of you at this point, >>>> i.e. I >>>> want to know exactly what's needed for artifacts before moving too >>>> quickly >>>> and putting the code in front of you. Open source projects tend to be >>>> pretty sensitive about how they receive contributions. I would like to >>>> honor and follow Harmony's wishes wrt this TreeMap you will be >>>> receiving. >>>> Hope you understand my concerns. >>>> >>>> I will back shortly with a few questions. I need to get my son off to >>>> school. >>>> >>>> Be back shortly. >>>> >>>> thanks, >>>> >>>> charlie ... >>>> >>>> Tim Ellison wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Yep, that is the contibution policy. >>>>> >>>>> If there are any questions about it just ask. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Tim >>>>> >>>>> On Apr 8, 2009 9:35 AM, "Egor Pasko" <egor.pa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On the 0x58D day of Apache Harmony Davanum Srinivas wrote: > Charlie, > >>>>> > >>>>> Typical contribution to an... >>>>> here is the detailed contribution policy: >>>>> http://harmony.apache.org/contribution_policy.html >>>>> >>>>> My guess is that your contribution falls into the "Bulk Contributions" >>>>> category. Tim knows this subject a lot better. Let's wait for him to >>>>> speak up. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Egor Pasko >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > -- With best regards / с наилучшими пожеланиями, Alexei Fedotov / Алексей Федотов, http://www.telecom-express.ru/ http://people.apache.org/~aaf/ http://harmony.apache.org/ http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/
