[tcf-dev] Heads up: All Contributors MUST sign an electronic CLA (Contri

["Oberhuber, Martin" <Martin.Oberhuber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear TCF committers and contributors,

 

The Eclipse Foundation has streamlined its process for tracking the legal aspects of inbound contributions.

 

1.       Every contributor MUST provide electronic signature on a CLA at least once every 3 years. Same for committers, who contribute to other projects. The CLA must be updated (ie invalidated and re-filed) when information such as employer or address changes. Please read “In order for a contributor to sign …” here:
http://mmilinkov.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/eclipse-clas-are-live/

2.       For contributions that come in through Gerrit, the system will check automatically that the contributor has a CLA on file.
I highlight recommend committers to REQUIRE contributors use Gerrit since it’s much less work for everyone.
Quick-guide for Gerrit on TCF is here: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=404603#c4

3.       For contributions that come through Bugzilla patch (the old “iplog+ system”), the committer MUST check whether the contributor has a CLA on file. This is done by pasting contributor’s E-Mail address here:
https://projects.eclipse.org/user/cla/validate

 

Since #2 is apparently less work than #3, I again highlighy recommend using Gerrit for contributions only and not use “iplog+” any more.

 

Thanks,

Martin

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Martin Oberhuber, SMTS / Product Architect – Development Tools, Wind River

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