New rules for participation (Apache Software Foundation)

[Jarek Potiuk]

Hello. 

I am one of the members of the Apache Software Foundation,  and we have a few projects within the organizatioion that would like to participate and submit their proposals, however the new rules seem to be at odds with how the ASF works.

From what I understand under the new rules (https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/faq), the organizations would receive the grant and they are responsible to pay the technical writers from the grant received by Google Season of Docs. 

However Apache Software Foundation rules are very strict about not paying to individuals for the code (and documentation) contribution. There is not a single person paid by the ASF for contribution, and ASF does not have processes for it, and it's also against the bylaws of the organization. Simply speaking ASF is a non-profit organization that does not develop code - it takes the ownership of the code written by contributors but it cannot pay them.

I started a discussion here and I am trying to find some workarounds, but for now it does not seem it will be possible to participate this way  by the ASF projects https://lists.apache.org/thread/x52xrnz463b3r83ykg14oztsms6681sr  

Is this a strict requirement for the organization to handle the payments and "business relation" with the writers? Are there any workarounds/ideas how it can be done differently?

J.