On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Chris Holmes <cho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My memory is hazy, but I think we decided if they become a real committer
> they need to sign the contributors agreement. If it's just a community
> module, or some patches, then they don't. I believe the thinking was that
> if we ever had trouble we could pretty easily remove and redo small
> contributions.
>
Ah, sorry, I forgot the context: pull requests.
>
> What do you mean the agreement is 'harder to send over'? I'm happy if we
> can make that easier, and also if we get the agreement in line with the
> GeoTools one.
>
Doesn't it need to be sent over by snail mail or fax?
The GeoTools one is apparently good by mail.
>
> I think right now people send the agreements in to OpenPlans. With
> Boundless cleaving off I think we might start to consider an alternate
> foundation. I'm still advising OpenPlans informally, and I think continue
> to be fine with holding the copyright, but it is less and less in line with
> what they're doing, so I think they'd also be fine to not have to deal with
> the hassle. But we'd need a good, legitimate alternative, and one that will
> have someone to deal with contributor agreements and helping keep the IP
> clean.
>
Right
Cheers
Andrea
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