Niclas Hedhman wrote: > On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 5:01 AM, Gavin <ga...@16degrees.com.au> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> So, can someone tell me what the rules are regarding TLPs bringing in >> subprojects directly to their TLP rather than coming through incubator? > > To add to Bill's response, the general position is; > > 1. Any substantial codebase needs at least IP Clearance in Incubator, > which is effectively just a record of where/when/how it came from, and > an opportunity for Incubator PMC members to have a look and make sure > that there is no flagrant IP issues.
I never understood this part. Why is the Incubator PMC any more qualified to decide if incoming code contains a "fragrant IP issue" than the destination TLP PMC? After all, the TLP PMC are doing that check continuously for the day to day contributions received. I agree that more eyes are better, but then it would not be the Incubator PMC specifically that could catch such problems. Regards, Tim > 2. If there is no additional 'community', for instance a single > developer contributing the work into a project, and if the TLP PMC is > comfortable to take on that codebase with or without such contributor > as new committer, then that is Ok. > > 3. If the TLP is not interested in taking ownership of the codebase, > but there are people within the TLP who are interested, then we > recommend Incubation for the codebase+community even if the community > is effectively just exising Apache committers (example Ace). > > > Cheers --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
