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Cassandra Cluster Manager (CCM) Codebase Intellectual Property (IP) Clearance Status

Description

The Cassandra Cluster Manager (CCM), being donated by DataStax.

Project info

  • The Apache Cassandra PMC will be responsible for the code
  • This contribution will be placed in a stand-alone repository under the name cassandra-ccm
  • Officer or member managing donation: Mick Semb Wever (mck)

Completed tasks are shown by the completion date (YYYY-MM-dd).

Identify the codebase

date item
2024-11-08 https://github.com/riptano/ccm

MD5 or SHA1 sum for donated software: (SHA1 for each branch and tag being donated using `git show-ref`)

cc8cb98b29f68d12c8b5fa093a33dc3b346873b3 refs/heads/master
66935940c911cc83835e8765741e76bc34e249e7 refs/tags/cassandra-test

date item
2024-XX-XX 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.
ref: https://lists.apache.org/thread/ TODO
2024-XX-XX Check and make sure that the files that have been donated have been updated to reflect the new ASF copyright.
ref: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA- TODO

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
2024-XX-XX Check that all active committers have a signed CLA on record.
ref: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId= TODO
2024-XX-XX 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.
2024-XX-XX 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.
2024-XX-XX 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/ TODO