Thans Franz, that’s excellent. And Dennis: I was probably a bit strong in my comments… sorry about that. I just want to make sure we’re valuing people at least as much as process.
— Dr Peter M. Kelly [email protected] PGP key: http://www.kellypmk.net/pgp-key <http://www.kellypmk.net/pgp-key> (fingerprint 5435 6718 59F0 DD1F BFA0 5E46 2523 BAA1 44AE 2966) > On 17 Mar 2015, at 8:23 am, Franz de Copenhague > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have already sent the signed PDF to [email protected] > > Thanks, > franz > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Peter Kelly [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2015 9:09 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [dfwebserver] Python binding >> >> Dennis: I understand your concerns about ICLA etc and appreciate you raising >> this important issue. However I feel that the way in which you are >> approaching it is being actively hostile towards a new contributor; we want >> to >> attract people and we must express that their contributions are valued, and >> work towards doing so. The two patches I’ve committed from Franz so far >> have been small enough that according to my understanding they fall within >> the same categorisation normally applied to patches - if a larger amount of >> code were in question, then I would have acted differently. >> >> I should mention that there were multiple issues that came up during my >> journey into Apache and at one point I actually said I didn’t want any part >> of it >> and would take the project to Github or somewhere else. I only stuck with it >> because of the encouragement of certain people. Policies and licensing are >> certainly very important, but so are people - both are necessary >> requirements for a project to succeed. >> >> That doesn’t mean of course that we can skip on any rules - like any project >> we must make sure we’re fulfilling the necessary legal requirements for >> accepting contributions. So: >> >> Franz: Welcome. As you’ve seen, one of the things that we’re supposed to >> do for non-trivial contributions is for Apache to have an ICLA >> (http://www.apache.org/licenses/icla.txt) on file from contributors. I can >> see >> you’re doing some good work and anticipate more code from you. Would >> you be willing to fill out an ICLA so that we can ensure we are meeting the >> necessary legal/policy requirements in accepting your code? (this is a pre- >> requisite for all people wishing to become committers to Apache projects). >> >> — >> Dr Peter M. Kelly >> [email protected] >> >> PGP key: http://www.kellypmk.net/pgp-key >> <http://www.kellypmk.net/pgp-key> (fingerprint 5435 6718 59F0 DD1F BFA0 >> 5E46 2523 BAA1 44AE 2966) >> >>> On 16 Mar 2015, at 11:44 pm, jan i <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On 16 March 2015 at 17:14, Dennis E. Hamilton >>> <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> It occurred to me that these are substantial contributions. >>>> >>> I have to disagree with you here. You forget the big part is standard >>> code and not something Franz has made. He has basically made the >>> python bindings and that is not a substantial contribution. >>> >>>> >>>> It is important for Franz to provide a Contributor License Agreement. >>>> See <http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas>. >>>> >>> No it is not. We do not demand that Franz sign a ICLA. But if Franz >>> would like to sign one, it would be beneficial to us all. >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Franz, if you have any questions about this and submitting the >>>> agreement, you can ask on this list. If you want to discuss this >>>> privately, you can send your comments and questions to >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>> Dennis@ please do not put this as a demand, when we have another >>> thread where we said it is not needed....we as PMC has not even discussed >> it. >>> >>> Franz@ If you would like to sign an ICLA as a first step of comming >>> closer to the project, please follow what Dennis writes. BUT your work >>> is apriciated with our without an ICLA. >>> >>> rgds >>> jan I. >>> >>>> >>>> - Dennis >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Peter Kelly [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2015 08:48 >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: [dfwebserver] Python binding >>>> >>>>> On 16 Mar 2015, at 10:33 pm, Franz de Copenhague < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Attached you have the path. >>>> >>>> Thanks Franz - received and committed. Looks like some good progress, >>>> nice to see. >>>> >>>> — >>>> Dr Peter M. Kelly >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> PGP key: http://www.kellypmk.net/pgp-key >>>> <http://www.kellypmk.net/pgp-key> (fingerprint 5435 6718 59F0 DD1F >>>> BFA0 5E46 2523 BAA1 44AE 2966) >>>> >>>> >>>> >
