The normal way this is done is by having someone to submit an ILCA
(http://www.apache.org/licenses/icla.txt). This makes it clear that their
contributions are intended to be licensed appropriately and clarifies legally
their intent. After that, they should submit patches to the project via
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How does it work (legally) for someone in the community to submit a patch?
I've always viewed the process for someone to become a committer to be that
they must first submit some code indirectly (meaning, an existing committer
vets it and then