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From: Kerri Shotts <kerrishotts@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Not requiring an iCLA for contributions
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 12:59:45 -0500
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+1

~ Kerri

> On Sep 13, 2016, at 12:27, Shazron <shazron@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Bump. There can't be lazy consensus on this. Before I potentially waste
> time on drafting a proposal, trying to feel the temperature on this change.
> 
> On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Shazron <shazron@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> It's up to us to decide, and right now we require the iCLA except for
>> trivial contributions.
>> 
>> I want to change this to a more relaxed requirement:
>> 1. Non-committers do not require an iCLA (you need one anyway to get an
>> account, so that's really a non-issue)
>> 2. Require a clear intent by the author to contribute under our normal
>> terms, for a non-trivial change
>> 
>> So some of you will be wondering, what does Apache say about this?
>> From: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-infrastru
>> cture-dev/201112.mbox/%3CA603FFCE-623B-43E9-87F8-39BAA51C72D1@gbiv.com%3E
>> 
>> Roy Fielding:
>> "Yes, that opinion comes from me speaking as a board member and
>> author of the Apache License, and has previously been cleared
>> with Apache's legal team for a long ago discussion with Incubator.
>> We don't need a CLA on file to accept contributions from non-committers.
>> We just need a clear intent by the author to contribute under
>> our normal terms."
>> 
>> Other opinions: http://apetro.ghost.io/apache-contributors-no-cla/
>> 
>> We need to change our Contribute page:
>> http://cordova.apache.org/contribute/
>> 
>> ... as well as any PR templates:
>> https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-media/blob/master/.
>> github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
>> 
>> This declaration of intent, if posted on Github, will be reflected on
>> dev@cordova.apache.org since Apache sends out an email on each PR or
>> comment to a PR, so we will be able to track it in our archives.
>> 
>> As usual it is always the committer's responsibility to make sure that all
>> code they push to a repository is compliant with ASF policies.
>> 
>> 


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