On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 4:43 AM, Roman Shaposhnik <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 8:30 PM, Niall Pemberton > <[email protected]> wrote: > > The process for accept a podling and the initial code base is pretty > clear, > > since it undergoes an IPMC vote. > > > > But what happens when there are additional chunks of code donated during > > incubation? Is that OK under the original IPMC vote and the grant just > > needs recording with the secretary or should the podling follow the PMC > ip > > clearance process[1]. > > > > Seems strange to just see an email to the secretary and announcement that > > the code is in the repository. > > I think you're confusing two things here (which is easy mistake to make > since > these two are conflated during the podling entering incubation). The two > things > being: > 1. code being donated by a company to a podling > 2. code being *incorporated* into a project > > #1 is an act that a company is performing it needs no permission from > anybody > to decide that *it* wants to donate code to project $FOO. Just like you, > Mr. > Individual contributor, need no permission from anybody to attach a patch > to > a JIRA. The only requirement here is for anybody who's [non trivial] > amounts > of code is to have the rights to do so and communicate intent clearly > (that's > why we have ICLAs for individual committers and SGAs for corporations). > > #2 is an act of a community. The community, as a whole, takes a look at the > code that has been offered and collectively decides what to do with it. > > #1 and #2 are completely independent. In fact, as part of #2 the community > evaluated the code not only based on its technical merits, but also based > on > the IP hygiene, etc. > > IPMC is NOT involved in neither of those. Mentors are involved in helping > community make the right choice about #2. > I am asking what the process should be for a podling accepting further donations of code. Seems to me they should be following the normal IP process that a PMC would. Niall > > Thanks, > Roman. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
