On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Steve Poole <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, an update and a plea for guidance... > > I had every expectation that by now we'd have the code contribution from IBM > safely in SVN. Due to impressive IBM internal processes it's taken longer > than expected :-) > > It now looks like we'll have the CCLA and Software Grant from IBM about the > end of Feb. It also appears that to get the CCLA + Software Grant completed > we have to show the code that is to be contributed in its final form.
yep > I've been looking for a page that describes what has to happen to the code > before it can be contributed. I thought I'd found one but can't find it > again. Can someone point me at any page that documents the expected changes > required before contribution? i don't recall anything quite like that but http://incubator.apache.org/guides/mentor.html#initial-ip-clearance and http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/index.html are probably relevant for a good answer, please subscribe to the legal-discuss list and ask there but i'll try to give you some comments FWIW here's what i (personally) would do to tidy up before contribution: * remove any artifacts and source that are not original works by IBM * check that everything contained is intended for contribution * consolidate copyright notices outside the source * consider removing all @author tags * proofread in-code comments and javadocs (to ensure nothing potentially embarrasing slipts through) * if possible run a code scanner to identify any source which is a derivative work of another (open source) work. this isn't necessarily a problem but it needs to be documented. but the experts are on legal-discuss... - robert
