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<h3><a name="CommitterAgreements"></a>Committer Agreements</h3>
+ <p>For Eclipse projects (and the open source world in general), <em>committers</em> are the ones who hold the keys.
+ Committers decide what code goes into the code base, they decide how a project builds, and they ultimately
+ decide what gets delivered to the adopter community. Committer status is assigned following a demonstration
+ of merit (generally a record of high-quality contribution to a project) and a successful
+ <a href="/projects/handbook#elections-committer">committer election</a>.</p>
+ <p>Committer status is assigned on a project-by-project basis. That is, individuals have committer rights only
+ on those projects for which they hold committer status. For all other projects, they are contributors.</p>
+ <p>Our committer provisioning process is automated: new committers will—following their successful
+ election—be contacted by email to engage in our <em>agreement workflow</em> (also referred to as our
+ <a href="https://www.eclipse.org/projects/handbook/#paperwork">paperwork process</a>), which guides
+ them through signing those agreements that they need. The agreements are provided below for convenience.</p>
<ul>
<li><A href="committer_process/EclipseMemberCommitterAgreementFinal.pdf">Member Committer and Contributor Agreement:</A>
- This agreement is used by Member companies to cover all of their committers participating in Eclipse projects.
+ The Member Committer and Contributor Agreement (MCCA) is used by organizations that are members of the
+ Eclipse Foundation to cover all of their employees who participate in Eclipse Foundation projects as committers.
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<li><A href="committer_process/EclipseIndividualCommitterAgreementFinal.pdf">Individual Committer Agreement:</A>
This agreement is used by committers participating in Eclipse projects who are not covered by a Member
Committer Agreement.
</li>
- </ul>
- <div style="margin-left:2em">
- <h4>2019 Re-sign Exercise</h4>
- <p>The Eclipse Foundation has updated its standard contributor and
- committer agreements, and all our committers and contributors, as well
- as those members who have member committer agreements, will need to
- re-sign their agreement with us.
- </p>
- <ul>
<li><a href="committer_process/re-sign">New Eclipse Foundation Committer and Contributor Agreements FAQ</a></li>
</ul>
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<h3><a name="Committers"></a>Resources for Committers</h3>
