Here [1] is another data point.
On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Josh Elser <josh.el...@gmail.com> wrote: > We should probably be ensuring that we have something stating that the > contributor is assigning license to the ASF. I remember talking about this, > but I don't recall the outcome (will have to search history). > > I'm not sure if there are specific steps that need to be formally followed > or if the contributor stating the above on a Jira issue is sufficient. > > > On 10/15/13 3:50 PM, Sean Busbey wrote: > >> I don't recall a discussion happening about granting license to the ASF >> when the repo moved to git. Looking at the git workflow guide[1], I don't >> see any mention of licensing. >> >> In other projects (e.g. Avro[2] and Hive[3]) assigning license to the ASF >> is an important part of submitting a contribution. In those projects, >> people are instructed to attach their patches to an open jira so that >> license can be granted; pull requests from github generally aren't >> allowed. >> >> Do we have a stance as a project on this? I think those two projects >> basically say that the grant is required by the Apache License itself. Are >> there ASF rules that can provide guidance on this? >> >> -Sean >> >> [1]: >> http://accumulo.apache.org/**git.html<http://accumulo.apache.org/git.html> >> [2]: >> https://cwiki.apache.org/**confluence/display/AVRO/How+** >> To+Contribute#HowToContribute-**Contributingyourwork<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AVRO/How+To+Contribute#HowToContribute-Contributingyourwork> >> [3]: >> https://cwiki.apache.org/**confluence/display/Hive/**HowToContribute#** >> HowToContribute-**Contributingyourwork<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/HowToContribute#HowToContribute-Contributingyourwork> >> >>
