We all sympathize with your frustration, but if your act of kindness violates someone else’s rights, then your kindness is wasted. The Apache rules are the way they are to ensure fairness to all parties and to avoid conflict, no matter how well-intentioned the act is.
> On May 28, 2020, at 2:32 AM, 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
