As Lefty noted, we don't require anyone being made a jira contributor or uploading a patch to have ICLA on file. Apache does not require that, though that is encouraged. So allowing any user to be a contributor without asking for permission does not change things with respect to ICLA.
Looks like people are on board with this. I will change the settings in another day as long as there are no objections. On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 11:44 PM, Lefty Leverenz <leftylever...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hive only requires committers to sign ICLAs. That doesn't seem to provide > any legal protection when non-committers contribute patches. > > In days gone by, JIRA made us assign rights to Apache when we attached a > patch to an issue. That's still in the instructions for Contributing Your > Work > <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/HowToContribute#HowToContribute-ContributingYourWork>: > "Please note that the attachment should be granted license to ASF for > inclusion in ASF work" although the JIRA GUI doesn't have that option > anymore. > > See Apache's page on licenses <http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas>: "The > ASF desires that all contributors of ideas, code, or documentation to the > Apache projects complete, sign, and submit (via postal mail, fax or email) > an Individual Contributor License Agreement" *(highlighting added)*. > > So documentation in the wiki should also be covered by ICLAs. Carried to > extremes, anyone who participates on a mailing list, comments on a JIRA > issue, or reviews a patch should sign an ICLA. > > > -- Lefty > > On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 12:30 AM, Sushanth Sowmyan <khorg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I seem to remember something on the lines of that the traditional reason >> was so that a project could be sure that the contributor had an ICLA on >> file with apache so as to not expose the project to legal risk of code that >> was contributed that the contributor did not have any rights to. We should >> probably check with folks from other projects who've had experience dealing >> with stuff like this? >> >> Maybe Owen? >> On May 2, 2015 17:08, "Thejas Nair" <thejas.n...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Sending again, didn't make to the list for some reason. >> > >> > >> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> > From: Thejas Nair <thejas.n...@gmail.com> >> > Date: Fri, May 1, 2015 at 1:53 PM >> > Subject: [DISCUSS] Allow any jira user to assign HIVE bugs to them self >> > To: dev <dev@hive.apache.org> >> > >> > >> > I am not sure why a user needs to ask to be added as a contributor in >> > HIVE jira to be able to assign jiras to themselves. I don't see it >> > adding any value. Also the jira ADMIN UI for adding this is usually >> > flaky. >> > >> > I think we should let any jira users assign the bugs to them self. >> > Looks like adding jira-users group to contributions would do it. >> > >> > Thoughts ? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Thejas >> > >>
