Hi Ron, As far as I know, ICLA and CCLA is required for commiters, but not required for non-commiters contributors. I don't know about all details, someone else in the ML might have more details about this. For sure, you can be a contributor without submitting code as a anyone in this ML is consider as a contributor.
Cheers, On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 11:46 AM, Ron Wheeler <rwhee...@artifact-software.com > wrote: > As part of a discussion during last weeks meeting in Mpntreal, the > question was raised about the requirement to have an Individual Contributor > License Agreement (ICLA) for each contributor. > > http://www.apache.org/licenses/ describes the requirements as follows: > > "The ASF desires that all contributors of ideas, code, or documentation to > any Apache projects complete, sign, and submit (via fax or email) an > Individual Contributor License Agreement (ICLA). The purpose of this > agreement is to clearly define the terms under which intellectual property > has been contributed to the ASF and thereby allow us to defend the project > should there be a legal dispute regarding the software at some future time. > A signed ICLA is required to be on file before an individual is given > commit rights to an ASF project. > > For a corporation that has assigned employees to work on an Apache > project, a Corporate CLA (CCLA) is available for contributing intellectual > property via the corporation, that may have been assigned as part of an > employment agreement. Note that a Corporate CLA does not remove the need > for every developer to sign their own ICLA as an individual, to cover any > of their contributions which are not owned by the corporation signing the > CCLA." > > There is a split between desirable and mandatory. > > I am not sure that the argument that submitting a PR is a clear sign of > intent to give up all rights, has ever been tested in a court but it is > much easier to have an signed ICLA for each contributor. > > A CCLA for each company that is either paying people to work on the > project or has a clause in their employment contract giving the company > rights to all IP created during their employment is required. This removes > any ambiguity about the individual's right to make a PR. > > It is a little bit of housekeeping to keep track of the list of > contributors with ICLA's. A wiki page listing the contributors is a simple > solution. > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Apache+OFBiz+Contributors > is what we did at OFBiz. > > The ICLA and CCLA is good for all Apache projects. > > Ron > > -- > Ron Wheeler > President > Artifact Software Inc > email: rwhee...@artifact-software.com > skype: ronaldmwheeler > phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102 > >
