Ed Holyat wrote:
My employer and myself have no problem with contributing to the foundation,
but, the CLA is way to general. If it were revised to only include
contributions towards a specific project it would be simple to sign and
submit.
I need to look but I believe the corporate CLA (which is different from the individual CLA) allows scoping contributions to the granularity of an ASF project but I need to confirm it.
Is submission without the copyright notice, ok
Well, we generally accept small bug fix patches (like the one you submitted) from folks who have not signed a CLA, but I would discourage your submitting patches against the policies of your employer's guidelines just to get around this issue. If someone contributes a patch, our policy is to trust that they have the legal right to do so and are not prohibited from doing so by their employee. Contributors should also understand the terms and conditions of the ASL 2.0. For more substantial (read, 'new function') contributions, contributors need to sign the individual CLA.
Bill
