RFR: Section on sponsoring [v2]

[David Holmes]

On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 12:31:14 GMT, Jesper Wilhelmsson <jwilhelm at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/guide/contributing-to-an-open-jdk-project.md line 29:
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>>> 27: When you sign the OCA, please make sure that you specify your GitHub user name in the `Username` field of the OCA. If you try to create a PR before you have signed the OCA, or if you didn't specify your GitHub user name, you'll get instructions telling you to do so, and the PR won't be published until this is done. OCA registration is a manual process. Please allow for up to several days to have your OCA application processed, even though it's normally processed swiftly. An alphabetical list of all of the assigned OpenJDK usernames may be found on the [OpenJDK people](https://db.openjdk.org/people) list.
>>> 28: 
>>> 29: You only need to sign the OCA once in order to cover all changes that you might contribute to any Oracle-sponsored open-source community. If you've already signed the OCA or the former SCA (Sun Contributor Agreement) for any Oracle-sponsored open-source community, then you do not need to sign it again in order to contribute to OpenJDK. Please note that you don't need to sign an OCA if you work at Oracle or a company which has negotiated an equivalent agreement.
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>> Not sure if this needs to clarify signing as an individual versus being covered by an employers OCA. But the probably needs to be stated somewhere in the first paragraph:
>> 
>> "If you have not signed the OCA and are not an employee of a Company that has an OCA covering you, then ..."
>
> Isn't that already covered by the last sentence?
> "Please note that you don't need to sign an OCA if you work at Oracle or a company which has negotiated an equivalent agreement."

Yes but by the time you get to that last sentence (if you read that far) you've already been told numerous times you should sign the OCA. I suggest in the first paragraph that this:

> and if you haven't yet signed the [Oracle Contributor Agreement](https://oca.opensource.oracle.com/) (OCA) then please do so

is expanded to:

> and if you haven't yet signed the [Oracle Contributor Agreement](https://oca.opensource.oracle.com/) (OCA), and are not covered by a company-level agreement, then please do so

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/guide/pull/97