That was my understanding. I'm working on this on my own time, so I have no legal concerns over the ownership of work.
I understand it's probably worthwhile in the long run but adds another step people may consider too much bother to make a one line change to a URL. Alexander Hitchins ------------------------ E: a...@alexhitchins.com W: alexhitchins.com M: 07788 423 969 T: 01892 523 587 -----Original Message----- From: Ron Wheeler [mailto:rwhee...@artifact-software.com] Sent: 10 July 2017 19:21 To: Will Stevens <wstev...@cloudops.com>; dev@cloudstack.apache.org Subject: Re: Developer Guide - Current Setup Guide? They do not need to be a committer of software. I support the documentation in a number of projects where I am not a committer. The ACL does give you any rights. It only says that you agree that the rights to ANYTHING that you contribute to a project belong to Apache. Ron On 10/07/2017 1:50 PM, Will Stevens wrote: > While I agree with some of your points Ron, we also need to make sure > that we are setup to be able to take advantage of motivated people > contributing (especially around documentation) without first requiring > that they become a committer. That is a bit of a chicken and egg > problem because no one will accept a new committer with zero activity, > so if we didn't give this type of access, then an interested > contributor would never be able to support the project in the ways > know how. > > We need as much support on the supporting documentation as we can get, > and we don't have the convenience of mechanisms like 'pull requests' > on wiki content. > > My 0.02$ anyway... > > *Will Stevens* > CTO > > <https://goo.gl/NYZ8KK> > > On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 1:29 PM, Ron Wheeler > <rwhee...@artifact-software.com > <mailto:rwhee...@artifact-software.com>> wrote: > > You may want to own the wiki content as well as the software. > > A company may want to quote the wiki or incorporate some of it > into their documentation without having to get the rights from > each person who contributed to the page. > > > Even more complicated if someone posts a design or an enhancement > and then claims to own it and patent it. > > It is good practice to make sure that Apache owns it all (code, > docs, test cases, enhancements, patches) and that you can use it > all without legal problems under the Apache license. > > > Ron > > > On 10/07/2017 12:23 PM, Daan Hoogland wrote: > > Why do you say that Ron? You need one to become a committer. > for the > wiki we need to recognise you as a contributor. I think you > need no > more. > > On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 5:10 PM, Ron Wheeler > <rwhee...@artifact-software.com > <mailto:rwhee...@artifact-software.com>> wrote: > > Alex, > Do you have a CLA on file with Apache. > You should have one to contribute to the wiki. > > Ron > > On 10/07/2017 10:42 AM, Daan Hoogland wrote: > > create your account on cwiki and we can give you access > > On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 12:10 AM, Alex Hitchins > <a...@alexhitchins.com <mailto:a...@alexhitchins.com>> > wrote: > > Please let me know if there is anything I can do > to help with this. > > I have an open PR on the repo readme.md > <http://readme.md>, minor documentation change but > somehow is breaking the build. My guess is it's > something unrelated on > master. > > On 8 Jul 2017, at 22:37, Will Stevens > <williamstev...@gmail.com > <mailto:williamstev...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > We need to amend. As of 4.10 we are on jdk 8. > > I will have to review it and see what needs to > be done to bring it up to > date. > > On Jul 8, 2017 4:46 PM, "Alex Hitchins" > <a...@alexhitchins.com > <mailto:a...@alexhitchins.com>> wrote: > > Asking as I want to be sure I'm getting myself > setup correctly. > > I appreciate setup guides may not necessitate > lots of amendments however > 4 > years seemed a long time to go with nothing. > Are we still on JDK 6 for > example? > > More than happy to amend Confluence with > updates as I come across them. > > > Alexander Hitchins > ------------------------ > E: a...@alexhitchins.com > <mailto:a...@alexhitchins.com> > W: alexhitchins.com <http://alexhitchins.com> > M: 07788 423 969 > T: 01892 523 587 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daan Hoogland > [mailto:daan.hoogl...@gmail.com > <mailto:daan.hoogl...@gmail.com>] > Sent: 07 July 2017 21:08 > To: dev <dev@cloudstack.apache.org > <mailto:dev@cloudstack.apache.org>> > Subject: Re: Developer Guide - Current Setup > Guide? > > Why do you ask, Alex? Is something not working? > > Biligual auto correct use. Read at your own > risico > > On 7 Jul 2017 9:54 pm, "Alex Hitchins" > <a...@alexhitchins.com > <mailto:a...@alexhitchins.com>> wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I note this was last amended 2013, is > there a better/more recent > resource for the aspiring CloudStack > developer? > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/ > > <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/> > Setting+up+CloudStack > +Development+Environment+on+Linux > > > > > > > > > > Alexander Hitchins > > ------------------------ > > E: a...@alexhitchins.com > <mailto:a...@alexhitchins.com> > > W: alexhitchins.com <http://alexhitchins.com> > > M: 07788 423 969 > > T: 01892 523 587 > > > > > > -- > Ron Wheeler > President > Artifact Software Inc > email: rwhee...@artifact-software.com > <mailto:rwhee...@artifact-software.com> > skype: ronaldmwheeler > phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102 <tel:866-970-2435%2C%20ext%20102> > > > > > -- > Ron Wheeler > President > Artifact Software Inc > email: rwhee...@artifact-software.com > <mailto:rwhee...@artifact-software.com> > skype: ronaldmwheeler > phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102 <tel:866-970-2435%2C%20ext%20102> > > -- Ron Wheeler President Artifact Software Inc email: rwhee...@artifact-software.com skype: ronaldmwheeler phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102
