On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Michael Stahl <[email protected]> wrote: > hi Apache mentors, > > i've got a question as to what extent an ICLA from the copyright holder is > required for code contributions. > > a volunteer who is currently working in GSoC over at LibreOffice (who has > not signed an Apache ICLA) has given me permission to contribute a bunch of > makefiles that he wrote, with no licensing restriction. >
Can he simply post this as a patch on the mailing list? Wouldn't that be simpler, since he would be contributing his original work directly? > now the ICLA contains this paragraph: > >> 7. Should You wish to submit work that is not Your original creation, >> You may submit it to the Foundation separately from any >> Contribution, identifying the complete details of its source and of >> any license or other restriction (including, but not limited to, >> related patents, trademarks, and license agreements) of which you >> are personally aware, and conspicuously marking the work as >> "Submitted on behalf of a third-party: [named here]". > > so it seems to me that an ICLA from the copyright holder is not an absolute > requirement to contribute to Apache. > > is there any restriction in scope or otherwise for this paragraph? > > what exactly are the process requirements? > > my assumption is that the Committer must ask the potential contributor > whether they actually hold the copyright. > > i guess "submit it separately" means that it must be its own SVN commit, not > mixed with anything the Committer wrote him/herself. > > is it sufficient to put something like this into the SVN commit message: > "Submitted on behalf of a third party: [author name]; no licensing > restrictions" > > is it necessary to ask on the mailing list in every instance? > > in this case we are talking about ~30 new files, totalling ~2000 lines > (of which ~1000 are the boilerplate licensing headers...). > > regards, > michael > >
