While it certainly doesn’t hurt to have one, it’s not strictly required. It *is* required for committers though.
When you merge a pull request, the authorship information is maintained. Just make sure you don’t squash other people’s commits. -Taylor > On Jan 27, 2017, at 4:36 PM, Casey Stella <ceste...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Mentors, > > I was wondering if you could help me settle a question. What is the ASF's > stance on ICLAs for non-committer contributions? Are they required? > > On the one hand, https://www.apache.org/dev/committers.html#applying-patches > requires only that we attribute appropriately to form a legal papertrail > via the git history. Also, this discussion ( > http://marc.info/?l=incubator-general&m=142175320215392&w=2) seems to > indicate that they are not required. > > On the other hand, http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas indicates that the > ASF "desires" ICLAs for contribution. I also see some projects requiring > them (i.e. flink and brooklyn) of contributors. > > Thanks in advance for the clarification! > > Best, > > Casey
