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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<document>
+ <properties>
+ <title>Solr MCP Codebase Intellectual Property (IP) Clearance
Status</title>
+ </properties>
+ <body>
+ <section
id="Solr+MCP+Codebase+Intellectual+Property+%28IP%29+Clearance+Status">
+ <title>Solr MCP Codebase Intellectual Property (IP) Clearance
Status</title>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="Description">
+ <title>Description</title>
+ <p>
+ Solr MCP lets you Search, index, and manage Apache Solr collections
using natural language —
+ no need to hand-craft Solr queries, build filter expressions, or
memorize the admin API using the MCP protocol.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Provenance chain:
+ </p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Donated by Aditya Parikh via a CLA</li>
+ </ul>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="Project+info">
+ <title>Project info</title>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Which PMC will be responsible for the code: <strong>Apache Solr
PMC</strong></li>
+ </ul>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Into which existing project/module: <strong>Solr MCP</strong> — a
new
+ sub-project under the Apache Solr umbrella</li>
+ </ul>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Officer or member managing donation: <strong>Eric Pugh</strong>
+ (Apache Member, [email protected])</li>
+ </ul>
+ <p>
+ <em>Completed tasks are shown by the completion date (YYYY-MM-dd).</em>
+ </p>
+
+ <section id="Identify+the+codebase">
+ <title>Identify the codebase</title>
+ <table>
+ <tr>
+ <th>date</th>
+ <th>item</th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>2025-07-05</td>
+ <td>Initial commit from
https://github.com/adityamparikh/solr-mcp-server
+ commit <code>fcce0327923e974d6bf53c671aba0539c76aa32f</code>
+ with commit-date <code>2026-07-05</code> into
<code>solr-mcp</code></td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ <p>
+ SHA1 sum for donated software:
<code>c17ddc0fea1c7b31d23d252a7aad8cb5905614c6</code>
+ (computed via <code>git archive main | sha1sum</code> on branch
+ <code>main</code>, HEAD commit
<code>fcce0327923e974d6bf53c671aba0539c76aa32f</code>,
+ repository https://github.com/apache/solr-mcp).
+ </p>
+
+ <section id="Copyright">
+ <title>Copyright</title>
+ <table>
+ <tr>
+ <th>date</th>
+ <th>item</th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>2026-10-04</td>
+ <td>Check and make sure that the papers that transfer rights to
the ASF
+ have been received. — <strong>No Software Grant Agreement is
+ required.</strong> All code in the donation is licensed
under the
+ Apache License 2.0, which already grants the ASF (and
everyone else)
+ the necessary rights to use, modify, and redistribute the
software.
+ The upstream project
https://github.com/adityamparikh/solr-mcp-server
+ is Apache-2.0.
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>2026-10-04</td>
+ <td>Check and make sure that the files that have been donated
have been
+ updated to reflect the new ASF copyright. — All source files
carry
+ an updated SPDX header (<code>SPDX-License-Identifier:
Apache-2.0</code>.
+ A NOTICE file documents the complete attribution chain.</td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ <p>
+ Identify name recorded for software grant: <em>N/A — No Software
Grant
+ Agreement is being filed. All donated code is Apache-2.0 licensed;
the
+ Apache-2.0 license itself constitutes sufficient rights transfer.
+ See the repository NOTICE file for the full attribution
+ record.</em>
+ </p>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="Verify+distribution+rights">
+ <title>Verify distribution rights</title>
+ <p>
+ Corporations and individuals holding existing distribution rights:
+ </p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Aditya Parikh — Apache Contributor, ICLA on file</li>
+ </ul>
+ <table>
+ <tr>
+ <th>date</th>
+ <th>item</th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>2026-10-05</td>
+ <td>Check and make sure that all items depended upon by the
project are
+ covered by one or more of the following approved licenses:
Apache,
+ BSD, Artistic, MIT/X, MIT/W3C, MPL 1.1, or something with
+ essentially the same terms. — The direct runtime
dependencies of the imported code base,
+ <a
href="https://github.com/adityamparikh/solr-mcp-server/tree/cda37f2964195c6d2734899234faeff2a4bc71d4";>adityamparikh/solr-mcp-server
@ cda37f29</a>,
+ as declared in its <code>build.gradle.kts</code>:
+ <ul>
+ <li>org.apache.commons:commons-csv — Apache-2.0</li>
+ <li>org.apache.solr:solr-solrj — Apache-2.0</li>
+ <li>org.jspecify:jspecify — Apache-2.0</li>
+
<li>org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-starter-mcp-server-webmvc — Apache-2.0</li>
+ <li>org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator
— Apache-2.0</li>
+ <li>org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web —
Apache-2.0</li>
+ </ul>
+ All licenses are Category A (Apache-2.0), compatible with
the Apache
+ License per ASF policy.
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>2026-10-04</td>
+ <td>Check that all active committers have a signed CLA on
record. —
+ Aditya Parikh (original author of new Solr MCP code) has an
ICLA on
+ file. Other committers and contributors are Solr project
members with ICLA on file.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>2026-10-04</td>
+ <td>Remind active committers that they are responsible for
ensuring
+ that a Corporate CLA is recorded if such is required to
authorize
+ their contributions under their individual CLA. —
Acknowledged.
+ Aditya Parikh contributes as an individual; no CCLA
required.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>2026-10-04</td>
+ <td>Check and make sure that for all items included with the
distribution
+ that are not under the Apache license, we have the right to
combine
+ with Apache-licensed code and redistribute. — All files
distributed
+ directly in the Solr MCP source tree are Apache-2.0 licensed.
+ No non-Apache files are bundled in the source
distribution.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>2025-10-24</td>
+ <td>Discussion about how best to accept the code. See
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-716.</td>
+ </table>
+ <p>The result of the above checks: the codebase is 100% Apache-2.0.
+ </p>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+
+ <section
id="Organizational+acceptance+of+responsibility+for+the+project">
+ <title>Organizational acceptance of responsibility for the
project</title>
+ <p>
+ Related VOTEs:
+ </p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>VOTE thread on [email protected]:
+ <a href="???">
+ ???</a></li>
+ <li>VOTE result:
+ <a href="???">
+ ???</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+ </body>
+</document>
