> From where I see it, the participation issue is due to a process >that comes pretty close to making someone a unpaid Sun employee - of >sorts. To even have a contribution considered, I have to sign the >Contributor Agreement. That agreement is with Sun Microsystems Inc, >not OpenSolairs.ORG. Note the capital ORG, by which I mean "The >OpenSolaris Organization."
There is no OpenSolaris Foundation or any legal entiry of the sort you could have a contract with. We've already explained in detail why the contributor agreement is needed and why it is bad for Linux that it does not have one (it's too late now for them to get one). But the FSF understand legal afairs better than Linux did and it does require a signed contributor agreement. >Now the CA isn't a bad thing and it, like it has been already pointed >out, is valuable to the community in the long view in terms of code >stewardship. The problem is that the CA is not part of the community, >it's with a corporate entity, and raises a situation where a >potential contributor can be put into a sticky situation. Such as? >This raises additional concern to someone new because the >relationship between OpenSolaris.ORG and SUNW seems rather nebulous, >and it's hard to tell what sandbox the ORG's feet are firmly planted >in, or where it's heading. For crying out loud, the photo of the CAB >members has a big honkin' Sun logo in the background. It's not nebulous at all: there's no OpenSolaris.org legal entity; it is run by Sun and Sun employees plus a cast of external volunteers. Sun pays. >This is NOT to say that Sun's efforts in both in terms of birthing >OpenSolaris and the manhours spent by its staff contributing to it >are not appreciated... but I think that by the 2 year point, there >needs to be a distinct, tangible separation between the two. The >umbilical cord needs to be cut at some point; and that point, in >terms of peoples' patience, is approaching. >So tell me, where do I sign up to be considered for a job such as >opensolaris.org site maintenance? I'm a OpenSolaris community (not >SUNW) member and I want to be involved. Many people outside Sun can edit web pages on opensolaris.org. Casper _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
