Re: improving our Contributor License Agreement process

2018-01-11 Thread Carlton Gibson
On Thursday, 11 January 2018 18:01:23 UTC+1, Marc Tamlyn wrote: > > But I don't think we need to enforce it for any contribution. > OK. I think that's the key. If that's the view then we can go on as is. Thanks all. 👍 C. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goog

Re: improving our Contributor License Agreement process

2018-01-11 Thread Marc Tamlyn
Accessibility of contributing > Leal protection We shouldn't drop the idea of CLAs, they're there so that an organisation or individual who wants to do things "properly" can still do so. But I don't think we need to enforce it for any contribution. The CLA story for Django is already hazy, as we

Re: improving our Contributor License Agreement process

2018-01-11 Thread Carlton Gibson
Hey Tim. > It sounds like you have the enthusiasm for this that I had in 2014. ;-) Yeah. What I liked was that your proposal was like a "I've actually thought about this" version of what I was beginning to ponder myself. :-) I don't really think we should drop the CLAs. It's just that if they'

Re: improving our Contributor License Agreement process

2018-01-11 Thread Tim Graham
Hi Carlton, It sounds like you have the enthusiasm for this that I had in 2014. ;-) You could contact the DSF board if you want to try to get them to consult a lawyer about the necessity of CLAs. I guess opinions might vary from lawyer to lawyer. Given that Django has been operating for about

Re: improving our Contributor License Agreement process

2018-01-11 Thread Carlton Gibson
I started reviewing patches according to the check-list this morning and, for first-time contributors, I was wondering how to validate the CLA status. Tim pointed me here. There is now (what looks like) a viable third-party provider: https://cla-assistant.io Amongst others, Microsoft use thi

Re: improving our Contributor License Agreement process

2015-10-28 Thread Tim Graham
Avoiding unnecessary work appeals to me, so I think it would be great to check with the lawyers before proceeding. On Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 8:33:21 PM UTC-4, Russell Keith-Magee wrote: > > Hi Tim, > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 12:50 AM, Tim Graham > wrote: > >> In 2014 I started to research

Re: improving our Contributor License Agreement process

2015-10-27 Thread Russell Keith-Magee
Hi Tim, On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 12:50 AM, Tim Graham wrote: > In 2014 I started to research if we could offer a Google Summer of Code > project aimed at improving Django's process for collecting and organizing > CLAs. I didn't complete that proposal when I found some existing solutions, > in par

Re: improving our Contributor License Agreement process

2015-10-27 Thread Riccardo Magliocchetti
Il 27/10/2015 17:50, Tim Graham ha scritto: I wonder if anyone has a recommendation for a third-party solution to solve this? Our requirements are roughly outlined below. Not a solution but for comparison Libreoffice requests a blanket statement sent on a public list then referenced on a wiki

improving our Contributor License Agreement process

2015-10-27 Thread Tim Graham
In 2014 I started to research if we could offer a Google Summer of Code project aimed at improving Django's process for collecting and organizing CLAs. I didn't complete that proposal when I found some existing solutions, in particular https://cla.puppetlabs.com/ which Puppet labs said they were