It seems that the copyright status of the project was never updated during incubation.
"Check and make sure that the papers that transfer rights to the ASF been received. It is only necessary to transfer rights for the package, the core code, and any new code produced by the project. " I recall an initial Kitty implementation, but also recall that the implementation at the ASF was new. Was code copied into the Kitty podling? Or was all development of Kitty new? I intend to resolve this issue prior to calling the retirement vote. --kevan
