Everybody does mistakes – even the Eclipse Foundation’s Jakarta EE Working Group.
They decided BY ACCIDENT that a contributor loses his committer state once his employer is not paying Working Group Membership Fees. That is nuts! But good news: They fixed their mistake already, so everybody can become a committer FOR FREE!
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