Well, at least on my side I will not be able to provide the answer without
legal involvement.

On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 9:16 AM, Gilles Gouaillardet <
gilles.gouaillar...@gmail.com> wrote:

> My understanding is there will be a vote, and the question will be
> "Do we replace existing CLA with the new one ?"
> If we vote to do so, then everyone will have to sign-off their commits,
> regardless they previously had (or not) signed a CA
>
> Cheers,
>
> Gilles
>
>
> On Wednesday, October 12, 2016, Pavel Shamis <pasharesea...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> a. As a developer I think it is a good idea to lower barriers for code
>> contribution.
>> b. IANAL, but this "signature/certification" is not identical to the
>> existing CLA, which I think has special statement about patents. Seems like
>> the new model is a bit more relaxed. Does it mean that OMPI amends existing
>> CLA ? If not - what is the relation between the two. Most likely existing
>> member would have to take the "new" CLA to the legal for a review.
>>
>> -Pasha
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 8:38 AM, George Bosilca <bosi...@icl.utk.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, my understanding is that unsystematic contributors will not have to
>>> sign the contributor agreement, but instead will have to provide a signed
>>> patch.
>>>
>>>   George.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 9:29 AM, Pavel Shamis <pasharesea...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does it mean that contributors don't have to sign contributor agreement
>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Geoffrey Paulsen <gpaul...@us.ibm.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> We have been discussing new Bylaws for the Open MPI Community.  The
>>>>> primary motivator is to allow non-members to commit code.  Details in the
>>>>> proposal (link below).
>>>>>
>>>>> Old Bylaws / Procedures:  https://github.com/open-mpi/om
>>>>> pi/wiki/Admistrative-rules
>>>>>
>>>>> New Bylaws proposal: https://github.com/open-mpi/om
>>>>> pi/wiki/Proposed-New-Bylaws
>>>>>
>>>>> Open MPI members will be voting on October 25th.  Please voice any
>>>>> comments or concerns.
>>>>>
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