This has been my understanding from prior discussions about contributing to ASF projects (Thrift as well as others)
There's some discussion in this draft: http://www.apache.org/legal/drafts/process-draft.html but an ASF Member will probably be able to answer more authoritatively (i'm just a contributor) -Todd On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Joe Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Seems like a silly policy. I'm not aware of any ASF policy > that requires the use of JIRA over patches on the mailing list. > Can you point me at the docs in question? > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Todd Lipcon <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Sunday, August 9, 2009 7:48:17 PM > > Subject: Re: PATCH for LICENSE and NOTICE files > > > > Hi Joe, > > > > All patches for thrift have to go through the JIRA - this is an ASF > policy > > so that you can click the checkbox that grants the ASF the rights to > include > > your code in their product. Given that this patch is for license text and > > not code, it's a bit silly, but that's policy for ya :) > > > > Can you make a JIRA and upload the same patch? > > > > Thanks > > -Todd > > > > On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > > > > > Hi, I'm new to thrift, and wanted to start off by offering you > > > a patch that will help get things ready for release. AFAICT > > > the licenses in the codebase boil down to the ASL, LGPL, and MIT > > > license, so I've added those to the LICENSE file. I also removed > > > some unnecessary language from NOTICE. > > > > > > Patch is attached, WDYT? > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
