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[104.178.186.189]) by smtp.gmail.com with UTF8SMTPSA id ca18e2360f4ac-93a7e3a6ab7sm495218939f.12.2025.10.06.12.20.41 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 06 Oct 2025 12:20:41 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2025 15:20:40 -0400 From: Taylor Blau To: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: [NOTES 10/11] How can companies respectfully engage contractors to work on Git? Message-ID: References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Topic: How can companies respectfully engage contractors to work on Git? Leader: Emily Shaffer * Google hired Collabra to work on patches on the list * Should they be doing something specific to indicate they're pursuing these patches on behalf of someone else? * Taylor: So long as they understand there's no obligation from the project to accept the work * Having a short note in the cover letter to indicate who is sponsoring the work (if it's not already obvious). Mention during review if you think there's a conflict of interest.