Re: [Geotools-devel] Proposal Replace Contribution Agreement

[Jody G. <jod...@gm...>]

On Monday, 4 February 2013 at 9:16 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote:
> What is the impact on existing contributors? Will we need to submit new 
> agreements?
> 
> 

I made some notes / assumptions in the proposal (check the tasks section). 
> This new agreement also appears to introduce a maintenance overhead in 
> that corporate entities seem to have to designate authorised employees 
> who are able to contribute. In my organisation, the exercise of this 
> authority will have to occur at the same level as the initial agreement 
> and may introduce a delay between a developer starting and being 
> authorised to make contributions.
> 
> Furthermore, not all contributions from a corporation are by employees. 
> My team includes developers employed by other entities under contracts 
> that assign all intellectual property to my organisation, which then in 
> turn assigns rights to OSGeo. I am not sure how this situation is 
> accommodated by this agreement.
> 
> 

Can you make a note of these two questions on the proposal page.

Jody