On Sep 23, 2013, at 3:54 AM, Stephen Connolly <stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In order to accept patches into any Apache Foundation project there must be > EITHER a signed ICLA on file from the person submitting the change OR a > clear indication of intent to contribute the code to the Apache Foundation. > > For small or quick changes signing a ICLA is overkill and too large a > barrier. > > The question then is, how do you indicate the intent to contribute the code > to the Apache Foundation? > > 1. You could clearly state on the pull request that the changes are your > own work and you are licensing them under the Apache License version 2.0 to > the Apache Foundation. > 2. You could create or update an existing issue in the project's issue > tracker indicating that the patch is available as a pull request that you > have authored and are licensing to the Apache Foundation under the Apache > License version 2.0. > > The latter (i.e. just create or update an issue in the issue tracker and > give a link to the pull request) is usually the easiest way to go. This has been discussed on a couple lists already. The consensus on the other projects I've been involved in is issuing a pull request from github is a clear enough intent to contribute. (as long as the pull request is properly forwarded to the right dev list which I think the mailer is setup OK for that now.) Several projects are grabbing fixes via pull requests. Dan > > > On 23 September 2013 06:24, ryenus <rye...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Would anyone be taking care of the pull requests on github: >> >> https://github.com/apache/maven-plugins/pulls >> >> I just made 2 but saw there're pull requests open for years. >> >> Thanks >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org >> >> -- Daniel Kulp dk...@apache.org - http://dankulp.com/blog Talend Community Coder - http://coders.talend.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
