[jakarta.ee-wg] Contributing to Jakarta is free or not?

["Markus KARG" <markus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Jakarta EE WG,

 

some weeks back we had the case when Romain had to stop committing to Jakarta EE repositories as he changed employers. The EF wanted to force his new employer to become an member and pay fees, where actually it only was Romain who wanted to contribute but not the company as a whole entity. You announces to change contracts so in future it shall be possible for everybody, volunteer just as employee, to commit to Jakarta EE repositories without ANY enforced membership and / or fees.

 

I want to post a (v/b)log entry about this topic, so everybody knows the current situation. For this, I need the official clarification:

 

Is it possible NOW to commit to Jakarta EE repositories for everybody without a forced membership and without any paid fees?

 

If not, WHEN will this be possible?

 

For the future of Jakarta EE this is an essential question.

 

Thanks!

-Markus