Two questions about IP CLEARANCE: There is a line item in the template for making sure that files are updated to reflect ASF copyright. Must this be done before the files are actually transferred to the receiving PMC, while still being hosted in the donating party's repository? It seems to me that this could be done after transfer, but before any release by the PMC, and it would be inappropriate to do this before IP CLEARANCE has been approved, while the code is still sitting in the donating party's repo. (Note: we're not donating a patch... otherwise the patch would include any such alterations; rather, we're trying to donate an entire git repo from one GitHub organization to an ASF project).
There is an item that says to remind active committers that they are responsible for ensuring that a CCLA is recorded if required to authorize their contributions under their ICLA. All the contributors to the incoming codebase already have ICLAs on file because they are already committers to ASF projects. Since CLAs are already filed, is this reminder necessary? Presumably, by filing an ICLA, these committers have already accepted that responsibility. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with this donation, though. Does it make sense to remind people to do X before Y, when Y is a NOOP for them? Thanks, Christopher
