GSIP 116

GSIP 116 - Use Apache Style Contributor Agreement

Overview

Proposed By

Jody Garnett

Assigned to Release

This proposal is for GeoServer 2.6-beta.

State

• Under Discussion
• In Progress
• Completed
• Rejected
• Deferred

Motivation

The developers guide provides a assignment_agreement.pdf which we ask new contributors to sign.

By following the text of the Apache Foundation Individual Contributor License Agreement and Corporate CLA it is much easier for organisations to review the terms and conditions, often alleviating the need for independent legal council.

Anything that makes it easier to contribute to GeoServer is a good idea.

Proposal

1. Using the Apache Foundation documents as an example:
   • Create an Individual Contributor License Agreement for OpenPlans
   • Create an Corporate CLA for OpenPlans
2. Add the above documents to the developers guide
3. Contact existing committers with github access

References:

• http://www.apache.org/licenses/ - See icla.txt and cla-corporate.txt
• http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/legal/licenses.html See corporate_contributor.txt and individual_contributor.txt

Feedback

OpenPlans staff have been contacted in this respect and are supportive of the change. The resulting electronic documents can be shared with PSC members for reference during the review of pull requests.

The timing is good with our recent print, sign, scan, email workflow.

This is also an opportunity to update documentation for existing contributors.

Backwards Compatibility

This change is not backwards compatible, earlier documentation may be missing, or refer to the "The Open Planning Project" rather than "OpenPlans".

Voting

Project Steering Committee:

• Alessio Fabiani:
• Andrea Aime:
• Ben Caradoc-Davies: +1
• Christian Mueller +1
• Gabriel Roldán:
• Jody Garnett: +1
• Jukka Rahkonen: +1
• Justin Deoliveira: +1
• Phil Scadden:
• Simone Giannecchini:

Committers:

Links

• email discussion
• pull request
• jira issue