William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote:
> Craig L Russell wrote:
>
>>> Donated source code and
>>> documentation must carry the ASF copyright and be placed under the
>>> Apache License. Code and documentation donated to the ASF must be
>>> maintained on ASF hardware. Obtaining a non-exclusive ASF copyright on
>>> all material in the ASF repository is encouraged.
>> I'd like to understand if the requirement is to donate code and
>> documentation or to license it to ASF.
>>
> Either
>
> 1. it's really tiny - 8 line patches and so forth, and we accept without
> a CLA (lots of dev@, issues.a.o sorts of input from the community).
> 2. it's substantial, and we hope they will help maintain/keep committing,
> and get a CLA from them to reflect both.
> 3. it's actually owned by a company or individual who we don't expect to
> commit in the future.
... 3. ... We simply request a Code Grant to make the license explicit and
keep a record of the license. This is how most pre-existing IP
enters the incubator.
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