Ian's contribution was very minor and not code related. We can remove it if necessary to avoid the hassle of getting a SG for that change if it is at all an issue.
https://github.com/commons-rdf/commons-rdf/commit/2ff2c6be5415295943c3131625695be1f5415c5a On 19 March 2015 at 09:41, Andy Seaborne <[email protected]> wrote: > We, as individuals, own the rights to the code on GH. > > Our current iCLAs cover contributions to Apache so don't automatically cover > the GH-commons-rdf code unless we each explicitly say that we are > transferring the code to Apache. > > The cleanest is SG's from all contributors and the Incubator IP clearance > process. > > If the mentors deem it acceptable, then I/personally am happy with explicit > declarations from the 5 [*] contributors so far here in email to say that > we, as Apache committers, each contribute the code on GH and hence our > individual iCLAs can be applied. > > I'll leave the decision to the mentors (sorry - /me trying to not to be on > both sides of the fence at once in some quantum uncertainty field). > > Andy > > https://github.com/commons-rdf/commons-rdf/graphs/contributors > > > On 18/03/15 22:25, Stian Soiland-Reyes wrote: >> >> 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* >> >> >> >> >
