POI Visio / XDGF - Codebase Intellectual Property (IP) Clearance Status

POI Visio (poi-visio) is an extension module for Apache POI. It adds support for the Microsoft Visio .vsdx xml-based file format. (Current Apache POI Visio support only handled the older binary .vsd format). Post-import, the component will be known as XDGF.

Project info

Which PMC will be responsible for the code: Apache POI PMC

Into which existing project/module: Apache POI

Officer or member managing donation: Nick Burch

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

Identify the codebase

date	item
2015-08-19	If applicable, make sure that any associated name does not already exist and is not already trademarked for an existing software product. Module will be renamed from Visio to XDGF, following the X##F format in the normal POI manner, to avoid using a Microsoft trademark in the component name

Temporary URL of donated software: https://github.com/BBN-D/poi-visio/archive/0.0.3.zip

MD5 or SHA1 sum for donated software: f6138036d3c5b3deb80866aaefe9bb26 (MD5)

Temporary URL of donated software, updated with ASF license headers: https://github.com/BBN-D/poi-visio/archive/0.0.3-asf.tar.gz (54e9f516c63054e02cb4108cbfba1c041ae361438266f6139266db55341e629d SHA-256)

Copyright

date	item
2015-08-19	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. Software Grant received as part of a CCLA on 2015/08/14
2015-09-15	Check and make sure that the files that have been donated have been updated to reflect the new ASF copyright. Awaiting an updated code dump with the new headers

Identify name recorded for software grant: cclas.txt: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp for poi-visio

Verify distribution rights

Corporations and individuals holding existing distribution rights:

For individuals, use the name as recorded on the committers page

date	item
2015-09-11	Check that all active committers have a signed CLA on record. Only one, ICLA+CCLA on file
2015-09-11	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.
2015-09-11	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. One dependency, Curvesapi, 3 clause BSD, no onward dependencies, so compatible
2015-09-11	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:

Thread on private@poi [VOTE] Accept POI Visio / XDGF component, started 2015-08-19, result on 2015-08-26
Thread on general@incubator [IP CLEARANCE] Apache POI - Visio XDGF, started 2015-09-15, completed on 2015-09-20