There is a misunderstanding about what being an Apache sponsor signifies. Apache sponsors provide funding to the Apache Software Foundation. There is no connection with how those funds are used (although a significant support to the Infrastructure operations is in there). There is also no connection with provision of developers or anything like that. It also needs to be understood that the Apache Software Foundation does not pay developers.
Some sponsors, and other organizations, allow developers and other staff to contribute to Apache OpenOffice projects, often as part of their working activities. Apache OpenOffice has had contributors who were operating under those conditions. This is almost always because the contributor's employer has a practical use for the result of the effort. That was also the case for OpenOffice and is the case for other Apache projects. When the practical result is no longer relevant to the organization, the developers are invariably assigned to different work, although they might continue on their own time. Student developers and their instructors do approach the Apache OpenOffice project, especially for QA activities which can be small and focused enough to be good student projects. The Google Summer of Code for 2017 would be another case. However, those activities required mentoring and careful support. Apache OpenOffice developers have not volunteered as GSoC mentors and defined any projects in the recent past. Whether that happens in 2017 depends a great deal on whether the project can expand its capacity for supporting such work. That is why these suggestions are fine, and are made regularly, yet nothing can be done until capable developers arrive that can provide the capacity to support student mentoring. Our shortage is in expertise and having capacity for these activities along with the ones that volunteer experts choose to focus on. Now perhaps it is more understandable why you have been asked what expertise you have to offer that could support what you hope to see. And with regard to how all projects under the ASF are expected to operate, I think you need to address the Apache Software Foundation about that after becoming familiar with its flavor of "ecosystem", <https://apache.org>. - Dennis > -----Original Message----- > From: suhail ansari [mailto:iamsuhailans...@outlook.com] > Sent: Monday, September 5, 2016 08:55 > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > Cc: wadesm...@gmail.com > Subject: contribution to OpenOffice > > I am a long time user of OpenOffice, I think people working in Apache > should try to build a developer friendly eco system just like Linux > foundation. I am not a developer so I can't help in technical side of > OpenOffice. Apache has already lots of sponsors. ASF should talk to many > of its sponsors for help and contribution also ASF can work with various > universities for help in technical side, Student should be able to > access, learn and contribute to ASF projects --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
