Hi Frank, three options:
1) the component is developed in the MyFaces codebase by an ASF committer - no preconditions, a CLA by the company paying for the development would be good, but that depends on the contract between the ASF committer and the company and specifically, who has the intellectual property rights 2) the component is developed out of the MyFaces codebase by an ASF committer - depending on the size of the contribution (for all substantial contributions, this will need to be done), the committer needs to clear the new component code through the incubator. This is basically setting up a document telling about how the legal issues where cleared, not the normal incubation process (the normal incubation process is rather about incubating a community), rest as in option 3) the component is developed out of the MyFaces codebase by a non ASF committer - the contributor needs to sign an ICLA, and rest as in option 2. For all those options, legal issues need to be sorted out as appropriate. regards, Martin On 4/26/06, Frank Felix Debatin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > please let me kindly know if this message is inappropriate > for this thread. > I'm not really familiar with commercial considerations and > issues of open source, that's why I'm asking ... > > Let's say, a company may need a particular control or > component that it does not find in the various JSF component > libraries. So it considers asking someone to develop such a > control. > > What about sponsoring the development of such a control, > i.e., paying a developer to do develop it as a contribution > to some open source component collection (MyFaces, JSF comp, > or whatever). Advantage for the company would be that the > most talented JSF component developers can be found in the > MyFaces community ;-) > > Here are my questions: > * Is this a common model or not? Alternatives? Experiences? > Legal issues? Any links or hints to details and real world > examples would be appreciated... So far, I've only seen the > "large donations scenario" such as Oracle's ADF > * Would it be appropriate to "advertise" a developer search > for this purpose on this list? > * If this is not the appropriate list for such a discussion > (well, at least, I'm a user!), where else? > > I'd also be interesting in whether there are contributions > to Tomahawk, the sandbox, or others that have been developed > in companies that have no open source business model, but > instead a policy such as "if you want to make it open > source, do so, as long as it is not our core business you're > free to do so" or similar. > > Frank Felix > ffd (at) gmx (dot) net > > -- http://www.irian.at Your JSF powerhouse - JSF Consulting, Development and Courses in English and German Professional Support for Apache MyFaces
