Re: [epf-dev] Contributing to OpenUP via the Wiki

[Ricardo Balduino <balduino@xxxxxxxxxx>]

That's the very issue we are waiting
for Eclipse legal clarification.

It seems from the 1st and 3rd bullets
below we are talking about the same thing, but looking carefully, that
may be the solution we are looking for.
Yes, any Bugzilla entry that is being
discussed in the Wiki must have a link to the appropriate Wiki page. And
that may be the type of "link" we need to make the Wiki content
be accepted as coming through legal ways.
If a Bugzilla issue has a comment pointing
to such a link to the Wiki page, as long as who wrote the comment is the
author of the changed/added Wiki page, that should be the legal evidence
of contribution. There would be no need for an attachment to Bugzilla -
the link to the Wiki should be sufficient.

Regarding to the second bullet below,
the same rules apply for content harvested from the Wiki, from a book or
from personal experience. Committers (who commit the content to CVS) are
responsible for making sure there aren't any copyright issues involved
with content used.

Ricardo Balduino
Senior Software Engineer

IBM Rational Software (www.ibm.com/rational)
Eclipse Process Framework (www.eclipse.org/epf)

Jim Ruehlin/Irvine/IBM@IBMUS
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04/24/2007 01:37 PM

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Subject	[epf-dev] Contributing to OpenUP via the Wiki

Some of us have been discussing the ramifications
of using the wiki (in its current form) for content development. In order
to conform to open source guidelines and legal stuff, here are some initial
suggestions for leveraging that tool, at least until the wiki contribution
has been accepted. These are just initial thoughts so comments are encouraged.

• Contributions can’t be made to EPF by modifying the wiki. Contributors can post content and comments to the wiki, but it must be attached to a bugzilla entry before it’s considered officially contributed.
• Since Committers can commit directly to CVS, they have the option of harvesting something directly from the wiki and placing it into CVS (via EPF Composer).
• Any bugzilla entries that are being discussed in the wiki must have a link to the appropriate wiki page.

The wiki isn’t meant to replace any of our
existing techniques for developing content (yet). Personally, I consider
this an exciting experiment and I hope we can incorporate it into our standard
way of doing business soon. Until then we need to make sure we follow the
appropriate behavior for being open source, so all discussions need to
be open to anyone who wishes to participate.
 
Thanks,
- Jim
 
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