Ah man, look what I started! ;) After reading the link about various ³hats², my preference is to use my Apache identity going forward. I believe that using the @apache.org email address brings a level of humility to the work we do on the project.
I agree that we should encourage it from the community perspective. As I have learned from human nature, enforcement typically causes resistance. Unless our employers have an open source contribution policy, this is really a personal preference. Each of us will need to determine what is the most appropriate for them. Another learning experience with the ASF! /jd On 6/16/14, 1:14 PM, "Andrew Gaul" <g...@apache.org> wrote: >I agree that we should have few requirements, e.g., we should not >*require* contributors to be nice to each other. However, we should >*encourage* certain behaviors, e.g., contributors should treat each >other with respect. > >I recommend using the Apache branding when representing the project. >Tagging commits and emails emphasizes the project first and other >affiliations second. When wearing my Apache hat[1], committers and >users should expect me to act in the best interests of the project and >not my or an employer's interests. Using apache.org livery reinforces >these behaviors and perceptions. That being said, I do not plan to >police every social interaction or inspect every commit email address. > >[1] http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#hats > >On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 12:08:28PM -0600, Chris Custine wrote: >> FWIW, In my 8 years as a committer, PMC member, chair, etc on 8+ Apache >> projects, I don't recall ever having this discussion before. >>Informally, I >> have always encouraged people to use either their apache.org address or >>at >> least a personal gmail address where possible just to reduce the >> "perception" of corporate sponsorship. However, I have seen people use >> their corporate email addresses and I am not aware of any rule expressly >> forbidding that. >> >> Chris >> >> -- >> Chris Custine >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 9:33 AM, Everett Toews >><everett.to...@rackspace.com> >> wrote: >> >> > The issue of whether or not to require an apache.org email address for >> > committers came up in a pull request a few days ago [1]. A change was >>made >> > to the Committer¹s Guide [2] requiring committers to use their >>apache.org >> > email address. >> > >> > This change was premature as it did not get consensus from the >>jclouds¹ >> > committers. The issue needs to be discussed before this change can be >> > considered a requirement. >> > >> > Everett >> > >> > [1] https://github.com/jclouds/jclouds/pull/397#issuecomment-45972870 >> > [2] https://wiki.apache.org/jclouds/Committers%20Guide?action=diff > >-- >Andrew Gaul >http://gaul.org/
