Re: [OMPI devel] Update to Open MPI Administrative Rules

2016-10-25 Thread r...@open-mpi.org
And just to be clear: while it is nice that git makes it so easy to comply, you are making a very real legal statement when you use that option! Per the bylaws: "By making a contribution to this project, I certify that: The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I have the right

[OMPI devel] Now that we require "Signed-off-by..."

2016-10-25 Thread Jeff Squyres (jsquyres)
Since we voted in the new rules this morning, all commits to the OMPI repo must contain the "Signed-off-by..." token (see https://github.com/open-mpi/ompi/wiki/Admistrative-rules#contributors-declaration). Anyone with a PR that's open will need to go amend their PR to put the appropriate signed

Re: [OMPI devel] Update to Open MPI Administrative Rules

2016-10-25 Thread Jeff Squyres (jsquyres)
On Oct 25, 2016, at 12:43 PM, r...@open-mpi.org wrote: > > signed-off by: Just to nit-pick: it's "Signed-off-by" (with a capital S and a -). It's the output you get when you "git commit -s ...". We're looking for that specific token, since it's standard / automatically inserted by git for y

[OMPI devel] Update to Open MPI Administrative Rules

2016-10-25 Thread r...@open-mpi.org
Hello all Some of you may have noticed that we have been receiving pull requests on Github from contributors who have not signed a formal Contributor’s Agreement. This has raised some discussion in the community about how we accept such contributions without conflicting with our bylaws. Accord

Re: [OMPI devel] New Open MPI Community Bylaws to discuss

2016-10-25 Thread Jeff Squyres (jsquyres)
Excellent; thanks! > On Oct 25, 2016, at 11:43 AM, Pavel Shamis wrote: > > Update: I got conceptual ok from our legal. > - Pasha > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 11:15 AM, Jeff Squyres (jsquyres) > wrote: > Fair point; everyone needs to look at this and decide a) if that's ok, or b) > if we want

Re: [OMPI devel] New Open MPI Community Bylaws to discuss

2016-10-25 Thread Pavel Shamis
Update: I got conceptual ok from our legal. - Pasha On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 11:15 AM, Jeff Squyres (jsquyres) < jsquy...@cisco.com> wrote: > Fair point; everyone needs to look at this and decide a) if that's ok, or > b) if we want to change it to incorporate clause #3. > > > > On Oct 12, 2016, at