they need either an icla or an sga. if they were working for hire we need Ccla or sga. do you need me to send you the links to these.
On Dec 1, 2010, at 11:38 AM, Jason Baldridge <[email protected]> wrote: > Gann is definitely a major contributor (he and I shared equally in creating > the initial code base). Eric made some changes, but less extensive. I'd > still like him to be on file. > > If someone can tell me exactly what I need to tell them so they can complete > the necessary forms, I'll contact Gann and Eric. > > FWIW, there is no gray area for Tom's contribution: he carried the project > almost single handedly for many years! > > Jason > > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Benson Margulies <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Question 1: If the person is interested in contributing here, ask them >> for an iCLA. if they are not, ask them for an SGA. >> >> Question 2: I don't see a problem with that. >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Jörn Kottmann <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 12/1/10 4:07 PM, Benson Margulies wrote: >>>> >>>> As I understand the rules, we have some flexibility in timing the >>>> import versus the CLAs. However, only you folks know who is 'major'. >>>> If Tom is in a gray area of major-ness, go ahead. If he's really >>>> responsible for a significant wad of code, I suppose that you might >>>> want to wait on him. >>>> >>> I do not know exactly who contributed how much in the past. >>> It seems that this is the list of major contributors: >>> Tom Morton >>> Jason Baldridge (CLA on file) >>> Jörn Kottmann (CLA on file) >>> Gann Bierner >>> Eric Friedman >>> >>> Of three people who have no CLAs at least Tom contributed >>> a major amount. Its not known to me how much the other two >>> contributed, but it seems to be major also. >>> >>> Tom will sign the CLA. Should we contact the other two, >>> to sign a CLA too? Or is a SGA more suitable? >>> >>> Ok, until we know exactly when we can import, it seems >>> safe to perform the first three steps, right ? >>> >>> 1. Create Jira issues for OpenNLP and Maxent >>> 2. Tag OpenNLP and Maxent code over at sourceforge >>> 3. Attach the source code to the issues >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Jörn >>> >> > > > > -- > Jason Baldridge > Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics > The University of Texas at Austin > http://comp.ling.utexas.edu/people/jason_baldridge
