Yes, otherwise we’ll be stealing someone else’s code.

Gj

On Thu, 28 May 2020 at 11:32, Christian Lenz <[email protected]> wrote:

> Why the hell is everything so fucking complicated? We need to discuss
> every single bit of everything. That makes sense for ASF but not for me as
> a developer who wants to bring amazing new stuff to NetBeans or wherever
> and wants to help NetBeans gets better and better. It is annoying for me
> and a pain in the ass to help here IMHO. Yes, it is as it is probably but
> it prevents me from helping here to bring plugins that are not maintained
> anymore and handover to other developers into NetBeans in an easy way. I
> think some other devs jumped of from NetBeans, due to exact that barriers.
>
> Anyway, I will create a ticket at his repo, ask him and will let you know
> here.
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Chris
>
> Von: Neil C Smith
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 28. Mai 2020 11:20
> An: dev
> Betreff: Re: Contributing community plugin codes
>
> On Thu, 28 May 2020 at 09:48, Christian Lenz <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > So I can create a ticket in his repo to ask him and if the developer
> say: that’s fine. That’s it?
>
> No, it needs to be recorded here somewhere.  Note that all GitHub
> comments are archived by ASF, so this could verify intent to
> contribute.  You should also check section 7 of the ICLA you signed.
>
> The IP clearance process is different to the principal that
> contributors don't need a CLA, only committers do.  So when does one
> take precedence?  The word "substantial" is woolly!  And what about
> incubator vs non-incubator?
>
> Anyway, the Restart IDE plugin as an example certainly doesn't pass
> the "large" or "clever" threshold.  It's arguably so trivial it's not
> copyrightable at all!  It probably belongs in another module though.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Neil
>
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