Well, Todd signed an ICLA, but this is definitely an issue for new contributors. Git commits have globally-unique unforgable hashes that identify not just the patch but the entire repository history (including file contents and commit messages) leading up to the commit. We could make it pretty easy for a contributor to copy and paste the hash (along with a link to the commit) into a JIRA ticket and check a box for that, but this is definitely something to discuss with the legal folks. For now, I was not planning to accept Git-based patches into trunk from anyone without an ICLA.
Doug Cutting wrote: > David Reiss wrote: >> Actually, Todd is not a committer, so I pull the branch and >> dcommit it myself. I have found pulling Git branches to be much less >> error prone than downloading and applying patches. > > When does Todd click the box stating that he understands his > contribution is made under the terms of the Apache Software License? > Are you willing to vouch for Todd on this? Probably not. I'm not sure > whether this is absolutely required, perhaps a question for > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Doug >
