Hi Kevin, I signed Oracle Contributor Agreement form since April and I'm still waiting to feedback!
On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 7:27 PM, Kevin Rushforth <[email protected] > wrote: > Hi Rony, > > See the "How to contribute" page [1] on the OpenJDK site. The first step > is to sign the Oracle Contribute Agreement (OCA) [2]. All code that you > contribute must be your own work and free of IP encumbrances. It becomes > joint property of Oracle, with you retaining your copyright. Code that is > eventually checked into the OpenJFX project is done so under the GPL v2 > license with the "Classpath" exception [3]. Oracle may also choose to > license it under other terms (e.g., when producing the Oracle JDK). > > To contribute a bug fix, you would indicate your interest in contributing > a patch to a bug, and then work with a Committer in the Project to sponsor > your fix. > > The process for getting an enhancement in is a bit more involved, and > requires additional approval since we want to carefully control the API. > You can start by filing an RFE at bugs.java.com [4]. You should also > become familiar with the Java Enhancement Proposal (JEP) [5][6] process, > since any significant new features require a JEP. We require comprehensive > tests as part of any new feature. It is strongly recommended to discuss > your idea on this list first to get some feedback as to whether it is a > feature / API we would consider accepting before you go off and spend much > time prototyping your ideas. > > Let me know if there are any questions on any of this. > > -- Kevin > -- Best Regards, Ali Ebrahimi
