[ZF] Repository choice: Please indicate your preference until Sunday 9/23

[Jens Vagelpohl]

On Sep 19, 2012, at 1:29 , Hanno Schlichting <hanno at hannosch.eu> wrote:

> That's because patches usually don't contain any sufficiently creative
> work that's actually enough to trigger copyright law. The Plone
> Foundation adopted a policy on this stuff that errs on the side of
> safety: https://plone.org/foundation/materials/foundation-resolutions/patch-policy-052011
> In short: You cannot merge anything unless the author of any code has
> signed the agreement. Only the release manager can grant exceptions
> for this. As there's no release manager for all of ZF code, it might
> make sense to have the ZF board approve any deviation from this rule.

Thanks for that suggestion and the link to the patch policy. That's a good way to officiall close/clarify the "gap" we have had regarding contributions by third parties contained in emails or bug trackers. We'll take that up at the next board meeting as well.

jens