Hi Deng, Below is the rough draft for the IP Clearance. I based it from here http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/ip-clearance-template.html
Thanks for reviewing it! Cheers, ============================================================================================================================ NPanday Codebase Intellectual Property (IP) Clearance Status Description NPanday allows projects using the .NET framework to be built with Apache Maven. NPanday allows .NET projects to be converted into Maven projects thus allowing them to fully utilize the other technologies driven by Maven. Project info * Which PMC will be responsible for the code: NPanday * Into which existing project/module: NPanday (incubating as of 8/13/2010) * Officer or member managing donation: Maria Odea Ching Completed tasks are shown by the completion date (YYYY-MM-dd). Identify the codebase date item 2010-08-01 npanday.codeplex.com MD5 or SHA1 sum for donated software: (Note versioned software used to calculate sum in parentheses). Copyright date item 2011-01-12 Check and make sure that the papers that transfer rights to the ASF been received. It is only necessary to transfer rights for the package, the core code, and any new code produced by the project. 2011-01-12 Check and make sure that the files that have been donated have been updated to reflect the new ASF copyright. Identify name recorded for software grant: the name of the grant as record in the grants.txt document so that the grant can be easily identified Verify distribution rights Corporations and individuals holding existing distribution rights: * Codeplex date item 2011-01-12 Check that all active committers have a signed CLA on record. 2011-01-12 Remind active committers that they are responsible for ensuring that a Corporate CLA is recorded if such is required to authorize their contributions under their individual CLA. 2011-01-12 Check and make sure that for all items included with the distribution that is not under the Apache license, we have the right to combine with Apache-licensed code and redistribute. 2011-01-12 Check and make sure that all items depended upon by the project is covered by one or more of the following approved licenses: Apache, BSD, Artistic, MIT/X, MIT/W3C, MPL 1.1, or something with essentially the same terms. Generally, the result of checking off these items will be a Software Grant, CLA, and Corporate CLA for ASF licensed code, which must have no dependencies upon items whose licenses that are incompatible with the Apache License. Organizational acceptance of responsibility for the project Related VOTEs: * The VOTE thread accepting the donation may happen either before or after IP clearance. Adoption by lazy concensus is acceptable but not recommended. -- Joe Ocaba
