John, it might typically be an SGA but it does say: "This grant can either be done by the ASF Corporate CLA (via Schedule B) or the Software Grant Agreement". Should we change that wording then?
Anyways, I will follow-up with Intel via Jessica and let them know that the provided Corporate CLA isn't sufficient and see if they can provide a Software Grant Agreement instead. Thanks! regards, Karl On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 1:01 PM, John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org> wrote: > Karl, > > If the code is already Apache licensed, then I would check w/ secretary@ or > legal-discuss@ to confirm what documents need to be in place to remove the > Intel copyright claim (typically those would go in to the NOTICE file for > Apache Felix going forward). This is typically done as an SGA [1]. > > John > > [1]: https://www.apache.org/licenses/software-grant-template.pdf > > On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 6:57 AM Karl Pauls <karlpa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi John, >> >> the code has been available as AL with the Intel copyright already >> (the license headers in the files are unchanged). It is mainly an >> attempt to get it contributed to Apache Felix. I told them we need the >> following (from the incubator ip-clearance form): >> >> "A software grant must be provided to the ASF. This grant can either >> be done by the ASF Corporate CLA (via Schedule B) or the Software >> Grant Agreement. The completed and signed grant must be emailed to >> secret...@apache.org" >> >> Consequently, they send (the received) CCLA which was supposed to >> cover for that. >> >> Apologies if I misunderstood the requirement. Could you please help me >> out here and list what exactly we need from Intel and/or Jessica to >> get this done? >> >> regards, >> >> Karl >> >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 12:48 PM, John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org> >> wrote: >> > Karl, >> > >> > CCLA [1] is just a document indicating that the corporate entity has >> given >> > approval for individuals associated to it to contribute to Apache under >> > ICLAs. It really doesn't provide any legal bearing to relicense code >> > outside of an ICLA/SGA. >> > >> > Usually when projects come to us with an IP clearance, its for a >> > significant amount of code. In those scenarios, there's an SGA >> associated >> > with the contribution (from a corporate entity) indicating that they are >> > licensing the ASF to use the code under the Apache license (irrespective >> of >> > the original license). I'm assuming that at Intel some # of engineers >> > contributed to this code, and that it was under a proprietary license >> until >> > this JIRA ticket was filed. In that case, SGA is almost always the right >> > document to get signed. >> > >> > In the situations where we see ICLAs, there isn't usually a SGA involved >> > since its covered under an ICLA for that committer and needs to be >> applied >> > as a patch/pull request. The other clear thing this indicates is a loss >> of >> > provenance, since (I haven't looked at all of the source files) we're >> > receiving a flat dump of code to be brought into an existing repository. >> > >> > So, unfortunately, until that's resolved I'm -1 to accepting it. >> > >> > [1]: https://www.apache.org/licenses/cla-corporate.txt >> > >> > On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 5:03 AM Karl Pauls <karlpa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> Hi John, >> >> >> >> as far as I understand the situation, the contribution has been >> >> submitted by Jessica Marz on behalf of Intel. The copyright is >> >> entirely Intel and the CCLA received is _from_ Intel, covering Jessica >> >> Marz and the contribution. Does that help? >> >> >> >> regards, >> >> >> >> Karl >> >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 1:54 AM, John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org> >> >> wrote: >> >> > Hello, >> >> > >> >> > Can you please clarify whether only a CCLA was received, or if >> ICLAs/SGA >> >> > were received as well? The document indicates a CCLA was received >> from >> >> an >> >> > individual, which doesn't sound right. >> >> > >> >> > John >> >> > >> >> > On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 1:32 AM Karl Pauls <karlpa...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> >> >> the Apache Felix project has received the contribution of the Bundle >> >> >> Archive File Installer Extension. >> >> >> >> >> >> - The code is attached to FELIX-5732 [0]. >> >> >> - The IP Clearance form has been committed [1]. >> >> >> - The acceptance vote has passed on the dev@felix malining list [2]. >> >> >> >> >> >> The clearance passes by lazy consensus if no -1 votes are cast within >> >> >> the next 72 hours. >> >> >> >> >> >> regards, >> >> >> >> >> >> Karl >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> [0] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FELIX-5732 >> >> >> [1] >> >> >> >> >> >> https://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/felix-bar-file-install-extension.html >> >> >> [2] https://www.mail-archive.com/dev@felix.apache.org/msg44409.html >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Karl Pauls >> >> >> karlpa...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Karl Pauls >> >> karlpa...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Karl Pauls >> karlpa...@gmail.com >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> >> -- Karl Pauls karlpa...@gmail.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
