On 5/30/14, 10:11 AM, [email protected] wrote:
One of Mozilla's goals for this year is to increase the number of
active contributors by 10x. That means that many new people will be
joining the community and we want to make sure they have a positive
experience.
A few teams have contributor agreements that provide details about
what it means to volunteer in that specific area, but there's never
been information that covers contributors in general.
To help new contributors understand more about what they're getting
involved with, we've drafted a new volunteer agreement. I wanted to
share the text of that and talk about how we would make this
available.
What's the goal of this "agreement"? That is, what problem is it
addressing or even just general purpose?
I think it would help to first clarify that. The words above are kind of
vague ("positive experience ... what it means ... understand what
they're getting involved with"). It almost sounds like a welcome guide
or context-setting thing at first, but the actual text then reads like
it's more about indemnifying Mozilla. As other have noted, the wording
really needs to be less "corporate", but with smooth and casual phrasing
it would still seem weird.
Justin
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