Justin, Perfect, thanks. I updated the wiki page to call for ICLAs, and linked to the Apache one. Thanks for being patient and teaching me about this process.
-adam On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 3:07 PM Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote: > Hi, > > > I am guessing (?) that everyone listed there has an Apache Software Grant > > Agreement <https://www.apache.org/licenses/software-grant.txt> filed, > or at > > least is willing to file one. If we got SGAs from everyone on the list, > one > > step in the license clearing would be to find all the files that just had > > people on this list as authors, and clear those files. > > Apache committers submit ICLAs (Individual contributor licenses > agreements) [1] these are different from software grants. An ICLA doesn’t > require you boss/legal to sign, SGAs (software grant agreement) do. Your > company may also want to submit a CCLA but that’s up to them. > > An ICLA states that you give the ASF rights to use and distribute your > code (and not others) at no cost forever. It covers copyright and patents > and that you are legally able to do this and you employee is OK with this. > (In some cases your employment contract may prohibit you from doing this.) > > For small contributions an ICLA is all we need. An SGA is used to donate > an sizeable amount of existing code > > Thanks, > Justin > > 1. https://www.apache.org/licenses/contributor-agreements.html -- Adam Feuer <a...@starcat.io>
