I think, for the most part, that was only true when the code committed was under ALv2
> On Jan 11, 2017, at 5:21 AM, Geertjan Wielenga > <geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > I agree with you and that's how we've been proceeding. But, what does this > mean in the thread pointed out by Emilian: > >> By legal, I mean that some files may not contain required headers, or >> >> part of the code requires refactoring because it belongs to a non active >> >> developer (code created before the incubation) or the Software Grant >> >> Agreement is not yet signed for instance. >> >> I think during the first steps of the project (and so releases), it >>> happens. > > > I.e., in the above it is very clear that there are situations where code > has been committed prior to a Software Grant being done. > > Gj > > On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 11:04 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz < > bdelacre...@apache.org> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 6:58 PM, Emilian Bold <emilian.b...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> ...the way I read this, it does happen to have whole releases under >>> incubation without a Software Grant signed or without a code cleanup... >> >> I'm not ready to commit code to ASF repositories without that being >> backed by a software grant. >> >> Also, considering that the existing NetBeans repositories need to be >> filtered before importing to ASF repositories, having to revert / >> cherry-pick files that should never have been imported does not sound >> practical to me. >> >> The best way to fix this is to finally get that grant signed and filed. >> >> -Bertrand >> >> P.S. I suggest using a [mentor] subject line tag when people expect >> incubation mentors to look at specific threads. >>
