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hbase-maven-plugin IP clearance
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<document>
<properties>
<title>XYZ Codebase Intellectual Property (IP) Clearance Status</title>
</properties>
<body>
<section id="Codebase+IP+Clearance+TEMPLATE">
<title>Codebase IP Clearance TEMPLATE</title>
</section>
<section id="hbase-maven-plugin+Codebase+Intellectual+Property+%28IP%29+Clearance+Status">
<title>hbase-maven-plugin Codebase Intellectual Property (IP) Clearance Status</title>
</section>
<section id="Description">
<title>Description</title>
<p>Describe the incoming codebase, including whether it is a large set
of patches, new functional modules, etc.</p>
</section>
<section id="Project+info">
<title>Project info</title>
<ul>
<li>Which PMC will be responsible for the code</li>
<li>Apache HBase</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Into which existing project/module</li>
<li>HBase project as a new module, hbase-maven-plugin</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Officer or member managing donation:</li>
<li>Andrew Purtell</li>
</ul>
<p>
<em>Completed tasks are shown by the completion date (YYYY-MM-dd).</em>
</p>
<section id="Identify+the+codebase">
<title>Identify the codebase</title>
<table>
<tr>
<th>date</th>
<th>item</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2015-10-29</td>
<td>If applicable, make sure that any associated name does not
already exist and is not already trademarked for an existing software
product.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>
MD5 or SHA1 sum for donated software: MD5=cc05601aead219959206bac5d2fa2307 from hbase-maven-plugin-c444b9b6228327266094df266a99daa4f53958c4.tar.gz (OSX MD5)
</p>
<section id="Copyright">
<title>Copyright</title>
<table>
<tr>
<th>date</th>
<th>item</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>....-..-..</td>
<td>Check and make sure that the papers that transfer rights to
the ASF been received. It is only necessary to transfer
rights for the package, the core code, and any new code
produced by the project.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>....-..-..</td>
<td>Check and make sure that the files that have been donated
have been updated to reflect the new ASF copyright.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>
Identify name recorded for software grant: <em>the name of the grant as recorded
in the foundation/officers area, in either grants.txt or cclas.txt, so that the
grant can be easily identified. If recorded in the grants.txt document, use the
"for" or title. If recorded in the cclas.txt document, use the company name
(field 2 without submitter name) and the "form on file" name (field 4, without
any people's names).</em>
</p>
</section>
<section id="Verify+distribution+rights">
<title>Verify distribution rights</title>
<p>
Corporations and individuals holding existing distribution rights: WibiData
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<em>For individuals, use the name as recorded on the committers page</em>
</li>
</ul>
<table>
<tr>
<th>date</th>
<th>item</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>....-..-..</td>
<td>Check that all active committers have a signed CLA on
record.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2015-10-29</td>
<td>Remind active committers that they are responsible for
ensuring that a Corporate CLA is recorded if such is
required to authorize their contributions under their
individual CLA.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2015-10-29</td>
<td>Check and make sure that for all items included with the
distribution that is not under the Apache license, we have
the right to combine with Apache-licensed code and
redistribute.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2015-10-29</td>
<td>Check and make sure that all items depended upon by the
project is covered by one or more of the following approved
licenses: Apache, BSD, Artistic, MIT/X, MIT/W3C, MPL 1.1, or
something with essentially the same terms.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>Generally, the result of checking off these items will be a
Software Grant, CLA, and Corporate CLA for ASF licensed code,
which must have no dependencies upon items whose licenses that
are incompatible with the Apache License.</p>
</section>
</section>
<section id="Organizational+acceptance+of+responsibility+for+the+project">
<title>Organizational acceptance of responsibility for the project
</title>
<p>
Related VOTEs:
</p>
<ul>
<li><em>The VOTE thread accepting the donation may happen either
before or after IP clearance. Adoption by lazy concensus is acceptable but
not recommended.</em></li>
</ul>
</section>
</section>
</body>
</document>
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