[python-committers] [PSF-Members] [Fwd: Re: Push rights for Ross Lagerwall]

[Guido van Rossum]

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 7:42 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
>
>> > No, sorry, that doesn't parse.
>> > We don't need an explanation, we need a *solution*. Nobody cares about
>> > explanations when most online projects accept patches and enrole
>> > committers freely.
>>
>> While I agree with you that we need to do this better; don't interpret
>> what "other projects do" as "doing it right".
>
> They definitely do it right from a social perspective.

Another way of doing it right from a social perspective is to give
someone commit privileges even while they are still figuring out how
to send in their agreement via snail mail. It is enough for the pile
of agreements to be eventually consistent. Assuming you all trust the
new committer, there is no need for a transaction where the receipt of
the agreement must have  occurred before they can be given access to
the system -- as long as it's indicated that it can be withdrawn if
they don't send in the agreement.

In the mean time, yes, we need a web-based way of submitting
agreements. I believe I have already mentioned once before that Google
has a simple web form for individual contributors
(http://code.google.com/legal/individual-cla-v1.0.html) and only
requires a faxed signature for corporate contributors (where there are
actual lawyers on the contributing side).

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--Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)