That is a shame. Lets do what we can, especially for tests cases :(
Note down the authors and organisations, and perhaps link to the pull
request or jira ticket. At the very least that pull request or jira ticket
should be in the authors/organization's name right?
Jody Garnett
On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 11:12 PM, <rini.angre...@csiro.au> wrote:
> Hi Jody,
>
> The trouble is he wasn't working for CSIRO, but I helped review the
> patches. We cc'ed the manager etc. from the organisation, but didn't get
> any response (re: contribution agreement). If I modify them, would I be
> able to submit these files, and put both our names down (with respective
> organisations)? Otherwise I'll have create new tests, which is fine I
> guess, but it's a shame to waste the effort :).
>
> Cheers
> Rini
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Jody Garnett [jody.garn...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, 23 January 2014 7:44 PM
> *To:* Angreani, Rini (CESRE, Kensington)
> *Cc:* GeoTools Developers list
> *Subject:* Re: [Geotools-devel] contribution agreement question
>
> If he was doing this work under contract (or as an employee) then he
> should be covered by the organisation contribution agreement. Or you could
> have a manager sign on his behalf.
>
> It would be kind to mention him in javadocs with a @author Geoff
> Williams (CSIRO)
>
> Jody Garnett
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 6:19 PM, <rini.angre...@csiro.au> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> A while back ago Geoff Williams submitted a patch with unit tests.
>>
>> Since the unit tests contained new files, we weren’t able to submit them
>> without a contribution agreement signed (and he has since left the
>> organisation).
>>
>>
>>
>> I am working on something related to his patch, and wonder if I could
>> reuse and modify the unit tests and then submit the tests with both our
>> names?
>>
>> The unit test is attached here:
>> https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOT-4515.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Rini
>>
>>
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