On Jan 9, 2008 3:44 AM, Marshall Schor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Robert - > > I have some confusion about the IP form. The page > http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/index.html seems to be written > with an implicit assumption that a "Top level project" with a real, > project level PMC is doing the receiving - so there are phrases like: > > The receiving PMC is responsible for doing the work. The Incubator > is simply the repository of the needed information. Once a PMC > directly checks-in a filled-out short form, the Incubator PMC will > need to approve the paper work after which point the receiving PMC > is free to import the code.
everything done by any podling is the responsibility of the top level incubator project. but the IPMC delegates the work and most of the decision making downwards. > Other places say that this IP Clearance work needs to be done by an ASF > Officer or Member: for instance, on page > http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/ip-clearance-template.html it says: > > IP Clearance processing must be executed either by an Officer or a > Member of the ASF. > > So, my basic question is: does this process apply to incubator projects > which, while incubating, receive additional code via a software grant, > and if so, is the "receiving PMC" the Incubator PMC or the > podling-learning-mode-unofficial-PMC (of which I think I am a member)? the IPMC is the receiving PMC. however, the IPMC asks that PPMCs do most of the work for themselves and typically adopts the advice of PPMCs. so, if a PPMC decides that they want a codebase, providing that the grant is ok (from a legal perspective), the IPMC is almost certain to wave it through. > And, if we are to use the IP Clearance form, how do we have the > processing "executed" by an Officer or Member of the ASF? your mentors will be either officers or members. so this is an occasion when you need to ask a mentor for some help (after preparing the documentation). (AIUI the main reason for requiring is that the grants documents are registered in a repository private to officers so only officers and members can verify the grant.) - robert
