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Re: [eclipse.org-committers] How to deal with stackoverflow contributions

Good question.

The short version is that if you can't certify the content based on the terms laid out in the ECA/DCO, then open a CQ and the IP team team will help you sort it out.

Shorter version: you need a CQ.

Wayne

On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 1:38 PM, Christian Pontesegger <christian.pontesegger@xxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,

I would like to ask how we should deal @ eclipse with code saples taken from stackoverflow. Nowaday it is quite common to find code snippets on stackoverflow and reuse them for own implementations. While this might be common practice, I would like to know how such contributions should be dealt with.

Stackoverflow has a license
https://stackoverflow.blog/2009/06/25/attribution-required/

that at least requires attribution. Say we would re-use a code snippet like this one:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30031748/how-to-get-image-from-plugin-internal-resources?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=google_rich_qa&utm_campaign=google_rich_qa

What would be the correct way to use it within a commit? Attribution in the source code next to the snippet? Would we need to file a CQ?


thanks for your answers
Christian

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