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The Apache OFBiz Project operates on a meritocracy: the more you do, the more responsibility you obtain. This page lists all of the people who have asked to become contributors.

If you are interested to become in becoming a contributor please also read OFBiz Contributors Best Practices

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A contributor is someone who contributes ideas, code or documentation (including updating our wiki) to the project

On 25th November 2014, we introduced a new policy that we would like all contributors of ideas, code and documentation to have a signed an Apache Individual Contributor Licence Agreement (ICLA).

See Mailing List Thread

What does it

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mean?

Signing an ICLA means that you understand that what you have contributed (or want to contribute) is subject to the Apache Licence and that you are happy to do this.  The ICLA is not tied to any employer you many have. Details of the Apache Licences and Contributor Licence Agreements can be found at the link:  http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas

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  1. Read the notes carefully and file an Individual  Contributor Licence Agreeement Agreement (ICLA)
  2. Create confluence user id
  3. Send a message to the user mailing list (user at ofbiz dot apache dot org) with details of your confluence user id

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  • Put a link to a photo of you (somewhere on the Net) in the column
  • Upload your photo as an attachement attachment to this page and then use it in the column
  • Create an avatar at https://gravatar.com (it's actually a photo of you that you add there) and use the link in the column. You can then reuse this photo everywhere you need and update it when you need

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Many standard employee agreements include clauses that give an employer ownership of any work created by their employees regardless of whether it is done during company time or not. If you want to contribute to OFBiz but you have this type of agreement with your employer then you must get an authorised authorized person from your company to complete a "Corporate Contributor Licence Agreeement Agreement (CCLA).

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IMPORTANT NOTE:  A Corporate CLA does not remove the need for every Apache project contributor to sign their own Individual Contributor Licence Agreement (ICLA) to cover any of their contributions which are not owned by the employer signing the CCLA.

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If your company has any employees contrbuting contributing work to Apache projects (e.g. code, documenationdocumentation, etc) as part of their employment then it is important that you complete a "Corporate Contributor Licence Agreement" (CCLA). By completing the CCLA you are waiving any ownership rights of the work your employees contribute to Apache.

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