They *must* upload them to JIRA. Jarek is correct.
On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Jarek Jarcec Cecho <jar...@apache.org>wrote: > I believe that by uploading the patch to JIRA, the contributor is > explicitly granting ASF the right to use the patch. We used to have an > explicit grant button on JIRA, but it got removed as granting the license > is now "implied" by simply attaching the patch to JIRA. I don't think that > the same applies on review board and hence I would guess that the patch > needs to be attached to JIRA. I would love to hear others thoughts! > > Jarcec > > On Sun, Mar 02, 2014 at 09:36:06AM -0800, Matthew Hayes wrote: > > Do patches need to be attached to a JIRA before they can be applied or is > > it sufficient to submit the code through review board? This is more a > > legal question. Does submitting code through RB mean they are submitting > > the code to Apache in the same way it means this for JIRA? > > > > -Matt >