Hi Josh, So glad to see this project being adopted into the Apache community! I am perfectly fine with transferring this into the ASF. I've never filed any documents to the ASF, but I will not need to file a CCLA. Let me know what else I can help with.
Thanks, Mark On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 11:54 AM, Josh Elser <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mark, > > As you may or may not have seen[1][2], the Apache Phoenix community has > been trying to adopt the Python PhoenixDB project. Upon inspect the history > of the repository, I noticed that you have some non-trivial contributions > to the project. > > As such, you likely have rights to claim copyright on this software. A > part of the process that the ASF has to on-board external code repositories > is to ensure that all individuals who have contributed to said code are in > agreement to transfer the code into the ASF. This intrinsically includes an > assignment of copyright to the ASF. > > We've talked to Lukas already who is supportive of this action; I think > I'm speaking on behalf of the PMC when I say that we all hope that you are > too. > > If you are supportive of this, let us know in reply to this email. We > would also need to ensure that you have an individual contributor license > agreement (ICLA) submitted with the ASF which says that you waive claim to > copyright on software you choose to donate to the ASF. Additionally, if you > have an employer who may lay claim to copyright on this software, you would > also need to file a corporate contributor license agreement (CCLA) -- this > is dependent on your personal situation. If you've filed these documents in > the past with the ASF, you're already done. > > If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. We look forward > to hear from you. > > - Josh (on behalf of the Apache Phoenix PMC) > > > [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/91558b1bcfaac116ae0be79 > 25bc87971e85a472cb59b1681f5998072@%3Cdev.phoenix.apache.org%3E > [2] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/acbb4265d428b58ddaf00ef > ac6c427ca40250a42970dcdc941a84df4@%3Cdev.phoenix.apache.org%3E > -- Mark Heppner
