You don't need to sign a CLA to submit a PR to an ASF project. Only committers and PMC members are required to sign a CLA.
On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 at 20:55, Gareth Bowen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Jan, > > I think something like this is important. +1 > > I would also add a section to the CONTRIBUTING.md about contributions being > licensed... the equivalent for CouchDB is > > > *IMPORTANT*: By submitting a patch, you agree to license your work under > the Apache License, per your signed Apache CLA. > > I think the AI produced work is related to this. > > As well we should probably include a pull request template which mentions > licensing, eg: > > - CouchDB has a checkbox for "this is my own work": > https://github.com/apache/couchdb/blob/main/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md#checklist > - CHT has an explicit licensing section: > https://github.com/medic/cht-core/blob/master/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md#license > > Don't let this block your original proposal - these are optional extras! > > Gareth > > On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 at 06:04, Jan Lehnardt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey all, > > > > we should sort out how we want to handle LLM-produced contributions. > > > > CouchDB’s policy is relatively straightforward: > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/couchdb/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#artificial-intelligence-and-large-language-models-contributions-policy > > > > > Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models Contributions Policy > > > > > The CouchDB project has a long-standing focus on license compatibility, > > and appropriate attribution of source code. AI and LLMs, by their nature, > > are unable to provide the necessary assurance, that the generated material > > is compatible with the Apache 2 license, or that the material has been > > appropriately attributed to the original authors. > > Thus, it is expressly forbidden to contribute material generated by AI, > > LLMs, and similar technologies, to the CouchDB project. This includes, but > > is not limited to, source code, documentation, commit messages, or any > > other areas of the project. > > > > — > > > > I’d be in favour of adapting that > > > > Best > > Jan > > — > > > > -- > Gareth Bowen > https://gareth.nz > 027 462 2636
