Satheesh Bandaram wrote: > I am still new to Apache processes. According to the following DB > project guidelines, "All contributors should have a Contributor License > Agreement <http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas>on file." I know bug > patches are exempt from this requirement.
and it's not just the DB project, from http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas "The ASF desires that all contributors of ideas, code, or documentation to the Apache projects complete, sign, and submit (via snailmail or fax) a Individual Contributor License Agreement (CLA)" So it's not "need" or "require", but "should" and "desire". Thus there should be no problem in asking any contributor to sign a CLA. If they do not, then, I guess we would have to look carefully at the contribution to decide if it can be accepted without a CLA. Dan.
