C. Bergstr?m wrote: > Shawn Walker wrote: >> C. Bergstr?m wrote: >>>> That's why the default contribution policy for most >>>> commercially-hosted open source projects is to require a signed >>>> contributor agreement. The SCA is in my view best-of-breed, and it >>>> has been signed by many hundreds of contributors including major Sun >>>> competitors. >>> You're too important to really argue, but this is anecdotal evidence >>> to support the SCA as /good/ or /best-of-breed/.. In a way I'm glad >>> you guys really believe this.. I'll keep watch on that flood of >>> contributions to onnv-gate which should happen any day now.. </sarcasm> >> >> The SCA provides a solid legal foundation for contributions made to >> the OpenSolaris community. Unlike many open source codebases, the >> OpenSolaris codebase is directly sponsored, developed, and >> commercially licensed by Sun. > Yes. which sounds like it could be rephased.. "we are a commercially > sponsored open source project and don't need external help.."
In my personal view, it's "we are a commercially sponsored open source project and current legal realities require our sponsor to do whatever they can to protect themselves and our project." If you feel it is a barrier for your personal contributions, then please use the appropriate channel of communication [1]. It has been my experience that they will work with you to address whatever concerns you have as best they can. Your particular concern is beyond the abilities of OpenSolaris governance to address. -- Shawn Walker [1] http://www.sun.com/software/opensource/contributor_agreement.jsp
