Exactly - I'm not suggesting we change how we accept contributions at all and of course, we would try to give credit to individuals where desired, but look at it this way: if IBM donated a server to us, would we credit the person who processed the order or the company that purchased the computer? Paying someone to develop a feature is a significant contribution that should be recognized, IMO, along side the individual who performed the work. In addition, as you point out, not everything can be traced back to a single individual. For example, for a given feature in an Atlassian product, there is involvement from probably 6 or 7 people: product manager, project manager, UI designer, tech writer, product marketing guy, and the two developers that paired on the feature. If a company took their donation seriously and brought their resources to bear, I think that deserves recognition.
Don On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 7:37 PM, Ted Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 5:27 AM, Ted Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But, saying thanks to Wendy's employer might cross the line. One of > > our precepts is that ASF projects are "composed of individuals, and so > > we give the credit to individuals. The farthest we might be able to go > > is to say "Wendy of BigCo, Inc.", if that's how Wendy wanted to be > > described. > > Unless, of course, most or all of the feature was developed outside of > the project, and then donated in bulk, under a CCLA (as James > implied). Of course, in that case, we'd then have to pass the > contribution through the incubator, to vet the IP. > > Of course, we'd have to reserve the right to reject the contribution > if the code was not up to our standards. (In fact, back in the day, > the first contribution by an paid IBM engineer to Apache HTTPD was > rejected!). > > > > -Ted. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
