On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Tim Ellison<t.p.elli...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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?
the incubator PMC is more-or-less a subset of the membership > After all, the TLP PMC are doing that check > continuously for the day to day contributions received. true day to day contributions are covered by CLAs and section 5 of the apache license. there are a few different wrinkles when importing code from outside. > I agree that more eyes are better, but then it would not be the > Incubator PMC specifically that could catch such problems. the PMC is supposed to review the documentation recorded and perform basic due diligence (stuff like checking that the required grants have been received by Apache) but IMHO the main role is ensuring that there are people available to answer questions about the process and to reach consensus on difficult cases it is useful to have the records in one format in one place. when this was completely devolved to PMCs, forensic investigation was difficult. this was a scaling worry (and a PITA when it needed to be done). the two step process is more heavyweight (IMHO the current records required should be streamlined) but gives more confidence all PMCs understand how to import code and ensures that the public records are easily available without the need to post mail to PMCs. - robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
