On Jul 14, 2011, at 11:53 AM, eric b wrote: > Hi Dave, > > Le 14 juil. 11 à 20:13, Dave Fisher a écrit : >>> I did. But I thought we could contribute with patches without sign it. >> >> Yes, but if you do it that way you are not a Committer, not on the PPMC, and >> not on the Podling Status Page. Someone with Committer karma must commit >> your patches for you. >> > > Yes, I got this point already. > > >>> >>>> Simply put, it's not about copyright, just about IP clearance and >>>> licensing. Both are important aspects of every software project. It's >>>> understandable that the ASF does not accept contributions where it is >>>> unclear if the contributor has the necessary rights for the contributed >>>> code. >>>> >>> >>> Yes, sure. IWe got students who would like to directly contribute to >>> OpenOffice.org, and I'll forward the info. >> >> Signing an ICLA is a requirement to be a Committer, but it is not the only >> requirement. The main requirement is merit earned by contributions to the >> existing project here. See http://community.apache.org/newcommitter.html > > Ok. I did the first step, and I sent the signed ICLA (following the > instructions). > > To be honest, IBM Symphony contribution and your explanation decided me :) > > >> >> Initial Committers are a special case, the only merit required is signing up >> on the list. >> >> Your students will need to contribute via the method of submitting patches >> which will be evaluated and applied by Committers. >> > > Usualy, we review the code twice, and test everything before to commit for > them, but in the current case, I think they could contribute to the OOo build > system directly and more, so I'll advertise them about the ICLA.
To do so directly they will need to earn the right and be voted on by the PPMC. As a committer you will be empowered to commit your student's changes. As a PPMC member you can DISCUSS committer rights for individuals who have demonstrated merit. Discussion in general about the process are here in public on ooo-dev. Discussions and votes about individual cases are on ooo-private with no cross posting between lists. Do not cc ooo-dev on ooo-private emails and the reverse do not cc ooo-private on ooo-dev emails. Regards, Dave > > > Regards, > Eric Bachard > > -- > qɔᴉɹə > Education Project: > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_Project > Projet OOo4Kids : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page > L'association EducOOo : http://www.educoo.org > Blog : http://eric.bachard.org/news > > > > >
