On Apr 25, 2012, at 2:10 PM, Aaron Peeler wrote: > As Kevan commented on in the jira issue, one of the things that need > to be addressed are the IP clearance. When attaching contributions and > you intend for it to be included, make sure to click "Grant license to > ASF for inclusion in ASF works". By doing this, the attachments in the > jira issue will have an apache feather beside each file, telling us it > has been contributed to Apache community.
That certainly helps. However, in some cases, the "Grant license to ASF" is not sufficient. For larger contributions and also for contributions with multiple authors (and obviously sponsored by a corporate entity), there is an additional IP clearance process. See http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/index.html for more information. The process is pretty lightweight, but does require a Software Grant or Corporate CLA to be submitted. --kevan
