On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Julian Hyde <[email protected]> wrote:
> Roman,
>
> Requiring the contributor to log a JIRA makes a lot of sense, and a lot of
> projects do that.
> But from an IP hygiene standpoint, my understanding is that it is sufficient
> that the contributor
> has created a github pull request to a project under
> https://github.com/apache. Just like
> attaching a patch to an Apache JIRA, that demonstrates intent to contribute.
> Is my understanding correct?
Let me put it this way: I don't think a pure GH workflow will be OK by ASF:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-249
But! Once we consider GH notifications being pushed to our mailing
lists it becomes
a gray area in my view. One way to resolve it is to push the issue via
ASF's VP of Legal
for an authoritative answer (see one of my last comments on the above JIRA).
What I'm suggesting here is, in a way, a cop out, but a productive one ;-)
IOW, if what Spark folks have come up with jives well with Quickstep community
lets just adopt that approach and move on without being a poster child community
to go resolve it with ASF's VP of Legal.
Thanks,
Roman.
P.S. Sorry I couldn't give you a 100% iron clad answer.
