Hi Neil, The ghost.io article you refer to is a good read and as far as I can tell, still relevant today.
Generally Apache does not require ICLA from small-patch contributors. If a large-patch contribution comes in, generally projects may request an ICLA/CCLA depending on who owns the intellectual property. When I've been involved in the past with "to icla or not to icla" the question has come down to "how big a problem would reverting this patch be?" So look at it from the risk perspective. If someone (e.g. the submitter's employer) claims intellectual property rights over a contribution and the project subsequently had to revert the contribution, how much of a problem would that be? If it would be a major hassle, a contributor document would be requested. To avoid that risk, the PMC can decide to require an ICLA/CCLA before accepting a patch. "No one is going to tell the PMC what to do here". By the way, I am not now, nor have I ever been, a lawyer. Craig > On Jun 16, 2020, at 7:40 AM, Neil C Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > As I mentioned in the review thread, I'd quite like to discuss and > clarify when (if at all) we require an ICLA from contributors. > > I've seen a number of PRs recently where contributors have been told, > or otherwise assume, that they require an ICLA for quite simple > contributions. I've also seen contributors told (incorrectly AFAIK) > that ASF *requires* an ICLA for larger contributions. At other times, > we've merged fairly large contributions without. > > We (as in PMC) should decide what criteria we have here, but it would > be good to apply consistently, and not needlessly put barriers in the > way. > > This seems a good read - it's not at ASF, but it's well linked in to > things that are, and as far as I know is still accurate. > https://apetro.ghost.io/apache-contributors-no-cla/ > > Best wishes, > > Neil > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > Craig L Russell [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
