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Jackrabbit FileVault Codebase Intellectual Property (IP) Clearance Status

Description

Jackrabbit FileVault introduces a JCR repository to filesystem mapping. The mapping is exposed by an API and used by the CRX "Content Packaging" that allows to create portable packages of repository content. The Vault Command Line Interface aka "vlt" provides a subversion like utility to work and develop with repository content.

This is a rather large contribution of code that was developped over 5 years and consists of 450 Java classes and interfaces.

Project info

  • Apache Jackrabbit PMC will be responsible for the code
  • This is a contribution into Apache Jackrabbit
  • Officer or member managing donation: Tobias Bocanegra (tripod@apache.org)

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

Identify the codebase

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2013-07-08 tarball provided at: people.apache.org:/home/tripod/contrib/filevault/filvault-asf-contrib-2013-07-08.tgz
Detached Signature signed with (RSA Key ID 2E183FB4): people.apache.org:/home/tripod/contrib/filevault/filvault-asf-contrib-2013-07-08.tgz.asc

MD5 or SHA1 sum for donated software: 7bb22077a9ef44a1413d3f226cdc72a33995baf1 (SHA1).

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2013-08-05 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.
2013-07-08 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 record in the grants.txt document so that the grant can be easily identified

Verify distribution rights

Corporations and individuals holding existing distribution rights:

  • Adobe Systems Incorporated
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2013-07-08 Check that all active committers have a signed CLA on record.
2013-08-05 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.
.2013-08-05 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.
2013-08-05 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