Cassandra dtest Codebase Intellectual Property (IP) Clearance Status
Description
The dtest project is a suite of distributed tests for Apache Cassandra written in python
Project info
- The Apache Cassandra PMC will be responsible for the code
- This contribution will be placed in a stand-alone module under the name cassandra-dtest
- Officer or member managing donation: Jake Ferrell
Completed tasks are shown by the completion date (YYYY-MM-dd).
Identify the codebase
| date | item |
|---|---|
| 2017-06-04 | https://github.com/riptano/cassandra-dtest 6f7caba9c59daa949e67efc28f75e7de4c5b9fa7 |
MD5 or SHA1 sum for donated software: (Note versioned software used to calculate sum in parentheses).
Copyright
| date | item |
|---|---|
| 2017-06-07 | 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. |
| 2017-06-07 | Check and make sure that the files that have been donated have been updated to reflect the new ASF copyright. |
Identify name recorded for software grant: 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).
Verify distribution rights
Corporations and individuals holding existing distribution rights:
- For individuals, use the name as recorded on the committers page
| date | item |
|---|---|
| 2017-06-04 | Check that all active committers have a signed CLA on record. |
| 2017-06-04 | 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. |
| 2017-06-04 | 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. |
| 2017-06-04 | 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. |
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.
Organizational acceptance of responsibility for the project
Related VOTEs: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d9e694ba8eaac8e8c70cbfd3f6ee249d43f8c67279882ffc65e56cac@%3Cdev.cassandra.apache.org%3E
- The VOTE thread accepting the donation may happen either before or after IP clearance. Adoption by lazy concensus is acceptable but not recommended.