Contributing should not require Foundation membership
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenStack Core Infrastructure |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
| openstack-org |
Opinion
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Currently, both the documentation (e.g. [1] [2]) and our tools enforce having to join the Foundation before being allowed to submit a patch to OpenStack. However from a recent discussion on the legal list [3] it appears that there is no basis for this:
"ATC is defined to require someone to be an Individual Member, but ATC is concerned with voting for the Technical Committee, it does not restrict contributions. Anyone, member or non-member, can submit a contribution if they have signed the relevant CLA."
It would be awesome if we could make "joining the foundation" optional, something that people do if they want to. It would remove one barrier to making contributions, especially in the context of drive-by/volunteer contributors.
[1] https:/
[2] https:/
[3] http://
| Jeremy Stanley (fungi) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in openstack-ci: | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| Changed in openstack-org: | |
| status: | New → Opinion |
This probably needs to be a discussion between the TC and the Foundation. Configuration enforcing the existence of a Foundation Member Profile before allowing a developer to commit source code was implemented at the explicit request of the Foundation.