On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Don Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
Would be good to clear this with the PRC - I seem to recall a similar discussion where a project was crediting a company for a couple of free licenses and someone from the PRC pointed out that it might upset the official ASF sponsors[1] if they other companies were seen to be getting recognition without donating hard cash. http://apache.org/foundation/thanks.html AIUI Teds on the PRC, so perhaps he can take it to them Niall > 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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
