On 16 February 2012 18:38, Shazron <[email protected]> wrote: >> "I assume the RIM folks intend on contributing significant IP they own to >> Apache (ie, code they have written)." >> >> http://markmail.org/message/aaqwg2motedreszq >> >> However, as noted in my mails and corrected by Jukka, if these >> contributions are coming through git pull requests it's not an issue. > > Glad to get this clarified. In my situation - an employee of > Salesforce sent a pull request (his code contribution was not > significant IP - the contribution is out in the open in one of the > older repos). I knew a little bit of Apache policy in that not all > contribs need a iCLA (if they are trivial contribs), but I erred on > the safe side and requested an iCLA from the individual. He replied > back that Salesforce itself has submited a CCLA so I didn't know if > that was adequate to pull in the changes.
CCLAs are usually for named individuals rather than for everyone at the corporation. Furthermore they are not a replacement of ICLAS. However, as you not in the case you refer to this is not important as we have a public contribution chain to follow. Ross -- Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com
