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Re: [incubation] CLA signing for a contributor with multiple email addresses

Hi Wayne,

Thanks for your input, this has now been resolved by the contributor
creating a new account and signing the CLA again.

Regards,

Roger


On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 6:03 PM, Wayne Beaton <wayne@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> We do keep track of multiple email addresses on an account. We keep track of
> every email address you've ever associated with your Eclipse account.
> Primarily, though, this is so that we can connect you to the Git commits
> that you've made in the past.
>
> However, all of our systems require that you use the single current email
> address associated with your account.
>
> Creating a second account may be the best workaround. However, bear in mind
> that employment contracts tend include assignment of intellectual property
> to the organization, so it may not be legal/correct for an individual to
> sign the CLA twice with different terms (not that this is necessarily the
> case here).
>
> Wayne
>
> On 21/06/16 02:49 PM, Jay Jay Billings wrote:
>
> Roger,
>
> I once had two email accounts, my personal and work accounts, tied to my
> Eclipse account. It broke a lot of things and, for example, I still can't
> use Gerrit.
>
> Typically I ask my contributors to submit CLAs for each email address they
> use.
>
> Jay
>
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 9:11 AM, Roger Light <roger@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've got a potential contributor who has an Eclipse account and has
>> signed the CLA. They have used their personal email address for their
>> account because it is for more than just contributing.
>>
>> They now want to contribute some code and are doing this as part of
>> their work so need to contribute using their work email address, which
>> isn't registered with Eclipse nor has signed the CLA.
>>
>> Is it possible to have multiple email addresses tied to a single
>> Eclipse account (it doesn't seem to be), or is the only option to
>> create an additional Eclipse account with their work email and sign
>> the CLA again? They do not want to invalidate the existing CLA.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Roger
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