http://incubator.apache.org/guides/mentor.html#submit-clas has some details.
A good question is: who will sign that Software Grant? (A loose GitHub organization is not a Legal Entity). I think we can simply contribute under the CLAs we already have with Apache using the IP Clearance procedure (which we can do ourselves with a lazy consensus) ..or do we still need the Software Grant to the secretary? In which case, does simply Sergio (and his employer) sign the Software Grant as he started the code-base and us others have contributed under the Apache license Section 5 Contributions? That is what was suggested for a similar situation on the incubator list not long ago.. http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201502.mbox/%3CCALhtWkeroEKNTJqEk53Ms46RbH%3Dpt7vfEHCc25JnscLMdtutrw%40mail.gmail.com%3E https://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/ says Additional notes The software grant requires that "Licensor owns or has sufficient rights to contribute the software source code...". In the case where there are multiple entities involved that only together have sufficient rights (for example in the case of an existing external project with multiple contributors), there are basically two possibilities to continue: All entities sign the same software grant together and submit one software grant form. This is preferred but obviously can complicate the process considerably. The alternative is that each party sign its own software grant while everyone references the same contribution (designated by a URL and an MD5 hash over the ZIP file representing the contribution). It is recommended that the software grant form is modified in order to have a line for each party so the completeness of the paperwork can be verified upon receipt. On 18 March 2015 at 22:05, Peter Ansell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Lewis, > > What does a transfer of ownership entail? > > I was under the impression that there was an initial (permanent) > software grant, with CLA's for the rest of the ongoing development. > That implies to me that Apache does not "own" the code as it would if > the copyright was assigned to the ASF. > > Sorry if that is the wrong impression, these processes confound me > still in general. > > Cheers, > > Peter > > On 19 March 2015 at 07:17, Lewis John Mcgibbney > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Folks, >> Please see the issue below for context on what is going on with regards to >> importing the CommonsRDF codebase to TheASF. >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-9244 >> Does anyone have an update on the transfer of ownership for the codebase >> over the TheASF? >> Once this is done we would be good to go ahead and import the codebase but >> not until. >> Thanks >> Lewis >> >> -- >> *Lewis* -- Stian Soiland-Reyes Apache Taverna (incubating), Apache Commons RDF (incubating) http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-9718
