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If you are interested in becoming a member of the OpenROAD Community, this page will provide you with everything you need to know to get started.

Member Spotlight

Kim Ginnerup is a long-time user of Ingres and OpenROAD technologies. He is a Technical Manager at Bording Data A/S in Denmark where his company has come to rely on the power and development efficiency of OpenROAD. Kim is the winner of the Open Source Development Sprint contest at the recent Ingres Open Engineering Summit in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Visit Kim's user page to find out more about OpenROAD, Bording and the contributions Kim and his team are making to open source.

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OpenROAD Member Directory

OpenROAD is its community members. Want to join us? Send us an e-mail and get involved! Details about joining are below.

Ingres Corp. Members

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Community Members

Join the OpenROAD Community

As a member of the OpenROAD community, you have access to all the resources on the Ingres community site including the wiki and forum pages. Joining the OpenROAD community is easy!

• Register for a community account and send us an e-mail introducing yourself.
• Create a personal wiki page (optional)

Once you've joined, we'll place an announcement on the OpenROAD news page and list your name in the member directory. If you like, create a personal page on the community wiki and let everyone know you support open source! Detailed instructions for creating your community account and personal wiki page follow.

Create a Community Account

Interacting with other members of the community requires that you have account on the community site so that you can make postings in the forums and create/edit pages on the community wiki. If you don't already have a community account, sign up for one here.

Once you have created an account (or if you already have one), please send us an e-mail and let us know what it is. We will announce your membership on the Ingres OpenROAD News page and list you on the Ingres OpenROAD Community page.

Create a Personal Wiki Page

One of the tools used extensively in the interaction with the community is the community wiki. We use the wiki to provide general product information, publish support documents, host project pages, and more. As a community member, you can use the wiki to publish your contributions, provide test cases, and interact with other community members. Creating your own personal wiki page provides a way for other community members to get to know you as well as introduce you to the syntax of the wiki. Its not to hard to become a "wikimeister," and a cheat sheet to get you started follows. Go ahead, get on the wiki!

NOTE: To prevent spammers from taking over the site, You CANNOT contribute to the community wiki until your account has been authorized. Please send us an e-mail and request wiki contributor privileges BEFORE you try to create your personal page.

To create create a personal profile page:

1. Open this link to the community wiki in a new tab or window.

2. Log into the wiki using the account your created above using the "Login" link at the top of the page.

3. Click the link containing your login name below "Personal Tools" in the "Site Toolbox."

This will take you to a page that says "There is currently no text in this page, you can search for this page title in other pages or edit this page." Click the link to edit the page. The wiki will enter edit mode. You can paste in the following template or, if you are wiki aware already, create your own page:

 {{ORUser|<FullName>}}

 == Biography ==
  
 [[Image:<LoginName>.jpg|left]]
 <Enter a brief biography of yourself>
  
 == Projects ==
  
 * Project #1
 * Project #2
  
 == <Other topic #1> ==
  
 == <Other topic #2> ==

If you want to have a picture of yourself on your page, upload a JPG of yourself using the "Upload" tool in the toolbox and change the "Image:" tag on your Wiki page accordingly. Otherwise, remove the tag.

When you are done, click "Show preview" to preview the published document. Then scroll to the bottom of the preview screen, make any edits you like (without clicking the browser's back button), and click the "Save page" button.

Become a Community Developer

As a community developer, you have the opportunity to directly influence where OpenROAD technology goes in the future. Developers can review and comment on design plans, assist with coding and testing, and even sponsor a project on their own. Becoming a community developer is easy. Follow the steps above to join the community and then:

• Sign the contribution agreement.
• Let us know how you would like to be involved.

That's all there is to it! Details for each step follow. If you have any questions, feel free to send us an e-mail.

Contribution Agreement

Membership in the OpenROAD Development community begins with the contribution agreement. This agreement between you and Ingres Corporation does several things. First, it assigns joint ownership of the intellectual property rights of anything you contribute to Ingres Corporation. Second, it attests that you have the the right to make these contributions legally as either an individual or organization. Third, it attests that your contributions are your own work and have not been taken or derived from another source.

The contribution agreement is necessary because Ingres Corporation provides indemnification against lawsuits arising from copyright or patent infringement as part of its Enterprise Subscription Agreement with customers. This is an important aspect of providing business open source software in the marketplace. For Ingres to be able to provide this guarantee, the company must have a clear line of ownership in the intellectual property included in the products it ships. While you share the rights to your contributions with us, you gain the value of being able to use all contributions from every other community member without risk. This is a common practice for open source companies and is beneficial for everyone.

The contributor agreement is located here. Download it, sign it, and fax or mail it to our home offices in Redwood City, CA. Delivery instructions are in the agreement. Alternatively, you may scan the signed copy and e-mail it to us.

Get Involved

Last, let us know how you want to be involved. There are many opportunities including doing design reviews, development, testing, documentation, or hosting a project of your own. Take a look at the Ingres OpenROAD Projects and let us know where you would like to help out or if you have ideas of your own!