How big are the contributions in question?


On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 11:37 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote:

> Looks like the repo was placed under the Apache License long before this
> individual contributed.  So, IMO, if you are convinced this individual and
> his employer knew his contributions were placed under the Apache License
> you could gamble and accept his contributions.  If you get an objection
> later, you can delete and re-implement the contributions.
>
> My 2 cents,
> -Alex
>
> On 1/14/16, 10:45 AM, "Josh Elser" <els...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >(with my podling member hat on)
> >
> >We have a bit of a problem over in Slider with a code donation. Full
> >details can be found at https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLIDER-977
> >
> >In short, an app-package (a modular chunk of code that Slider runs on
> >Apache Hadoop's YARN ) for Kafka was offered to be included in Slider.
> >Slider would love to accept it. We've gotten IP clearance from all but
> >one party who contributed to it.
> >
> >To the best of my knowledge, this individual contributed code to this
> >Kafka app-package and his company could also lay claim to his
> >contribution. He already had an ICLA on file, but no CCLA from his
> >company.
> >
> >Two months later, multiple pings on JIRA and even a personal email, this
> >person seems to be AWOL. Given my understanding of the rules, we can't
> >proceed because we don't have the ability to prove all potential
> >previous ownership of this codebase has been granted to the ASF.
> >
> >Any advice on how we could try to move this forward?
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >- Josh
> >
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