From: Jeff Squyres (jsquyres_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-09-19 14:30:28
On Sep 19, 2007, at 2:27 PM, Amit Kumar Saha wrote:
>> It's technically a little overkill (from my not-legally-trained
>> understanding), but they thought it might be easier than setting up a
>> new/different procedure just for contributing documentation.
>> Specifically, it keeps one agreement as the overall umbrella for
>> contributing to *all* Open MPI efforts (Open MPI code, Open MPI
>> documentation, the sub-projects, etc.).
>>
> Is there a provision to accept licenses which have been filled up,
> scanned and e-mailed? I am from India, so it would be nice if such an
> arrangement is possible.
I seem to recall the lawyers making a big deal about needing the
physical signature on file.
That being said, the community has always been tolerant of "hey, I've
mailed it to you, it'll take a few days to get there, but I'd like to
start contributing right now..." kind of thing. So "good faith" is
exercised; we just need to make sure that all the t's are crossed and
i's are dotted in the short term.
-- Jeff Squyres Cisco Systems