Alright, I'll create a Github issue as suggested in the example to track IP clearance with list of all people and will try to reach out to all contributors within a limited time period and see if they can agree over the other legal thread and submit their ICLAs. I'm not subscribed to the legal or general@ lists so unless people copied me in or did a reply all (incl ACS PMC) I wouldn't have got email, I'll check again what Roman may have advised.
This however wasn't advised on the IP clearance process: https://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/ip-clearance-template.html I suggest this new approach be documented on the above or relevant page. Thanks. Regards. On Wed, 23 Jun, 2021, 11:36 am Justin Mclean, <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for the information and history there, that was quite helpful. > > My understanding is the plugin was originally started as a repo or work by > Sander ( > https://github.com/xanzy/terraform-provider-cloudstack/commits/master?after=5e7ccfea50810303a6b205084fb6f0b3eade33ca+314&branch=master) > who contributed it to the Hashicorp Github org like many other community > providers and then got it eventually transferred back. > > From ACS PMC point of view we're going to take the risk as we've ICLA and > grants from Sander and agreements over email from all the top contributors. > > > You would be in a a better position to judge this, but I can see 8 to 10 > people (out of the 39) that have probably made significant contributions, > some very significant. It unclear to me if these people were contacted. > > I've also gotten emails from other participants including Sander who > shared their frustration, we've jumped through all the hoops and done our > best to reach so far, I think Justin you had advised us to get all major > contributors to agree in the other legal thread but now suddenly we are > advised to get ICLAs too and from all the contributors. > > > My very first email in that thread suggested you would need ICLAs from the > major contributors. Having an agreement via other means is probably fine, > but not the usual process. Roman (V.P. Legal) also suggested you contact > these contributors. > > The examples you've provided don't have ICLAs or agreements from all > contributors. > > > Not all, but they have ICLAs from all major contributors. More importantly > the information is in a form where it easy to see what has been provided > which makes accepting the IP clearance an easy process. > > Kind Regard, > Justin >
