Why JCA
From Apache OpenOffice Wiki
this page is set up to collect some point about the JCA or a Contributor in general.
Information about JCA
andvantages of JCA
disadvantages of JCA
JCA compared to SCA
As the Sun Contributor Agreement (SCA) is used by Sun for current projects, it has been sugested that this will be used by OpenOffice.org as well.
For details Sun Contributor Agreement FAQ
Netbeans Project has a page thatcompares SCA to JCA.
projects using SCA
andvantages of SCA
disadvantages of SCA
list of similar agreements
agreements with Copyright assignment
- several FSF projects, such as gnulib
agreements without Copyright assignment (but precondition to submit code)
- Mozilla CVS Contributor Form (no copyright assignment but declaration of legal compliance)
- Eclipse Member Committer Agreement (no copyright assignment but declaration of legal compliance)
