On Jul 14, 2011, at 12:58 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: > > On Jul 14, 2011, at 12:23 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > >> I'm delighted to see that you are submitting your iCLA. >> >> Before we get too far ahead of ourselves, I want to point out that >> registration of an iCLA is a prerequisite for becoming a committer, but it >> is not sufficient. There must also be an invitation (which only Initial >> Committers have automatically) and a few others steps to establish the >> committer. >> >> Finally, because we are talking about students, it may be necessary to be >> careful about submitting the work of others. (This may be a case where >> having registered an iCLA may be valuable whether or not a student becomes a >> committer in the time in which they are involved with the project.) I'm not >> sure how this works for minors. > > It is long thread, but last month the INcubator debated and voted to retire > what was essentially a student project in China - Bluesky. Some of the > concerns and problems encountered may help you understand some of the special > issues with students and the Apache model of open, community development. > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201106.mbox/%[email protected]%3E
Sorry, but this is a better thread: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201106.mbox/%[email protected]%3E > > Regards, > Dave > >> >> >> - Dennis >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: eric b [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:53 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Commiters list >> >> 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. >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >
