On Wednesday, April 8, 2015, Marvin Humphrey <mar...@rectangular.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 7:05 AM, jan i <j...@apache.org <javascript:;>> > wrote: > > But even so In Corinthia we bended the rules and imported directly into > out > > git repo. This still ensures a record == initial commit. > > I trust that Corinthia's actions were reasonable, but "bending the rules" > is > an approach you might take when the rules don't fit; it's not a > justification > for keeping bad rules. We should fix this document so that it doesn't keep > coming up. +1, to me it seems we have a lot of projects where the initial repo == the donation, so I am for keeping it simple and remove the donation area from the doc. we (IPMC) consider mostly new project. ASF as a whole must consider how to handle donations which are addon to an existing codebase. > > Also, note that this particular form is not for incoming podlings. > > > The important message here is that ASF must acknowledge the grant before > it > > comes into any of our repos. > > The intent is also to assemble exactly what is being granted and provide a > permanent legal record of the donation. which is typically identical to the initial repo. > > If it's a tarball containing a export of from version control with no > history, > then it's clear: only that version. > > If it's a Git repo or a Subversion dump file, does the grant include all > past > commits on the mainline? All branches, all tags? What if there's some bad > history? This is simple if we get it with history, then it is included, however we are well advised to check that the SGA it is limited to current version. > > If it's a Git SHA, does the grant include all past commits, or other > branches > -- or is it only the *tree* represented by that SHA? > > Is anything crucial missing from the donation -- e.g. plugins, > documentation, > or platform-specific code maintained separately? > > The IP clearance process should ensure that all such questions are answered > and entered into the permanent record. is it not more correct to say that the IP clearance process must ensure that the delivery does not exceed the SGA. rgds jan i > > Marvin Humphrey > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > <javascript:;> > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > <javascript:;> > > -- Sent from My iPad, sorry for any misspellings.
