Title: Apache Avro Rust Library Intellectual Property (IP) Clearance Status

The Avro Rust Library (avro-rs) is a native Rust language implementation of the Avro file format.

  • The Apache Avro PMC will be responsible for the code.

  • It will be integrated into the Apache Avro project.

  • Officer or member managing donation: Ismaël Mejía (Apache Avro PMC Member)

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

Identify the codebase

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2021-05-24Trademark and Google Search found no use of name as software product.

Copyright

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2021-05-24Check 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:

  • Yelp UK Ltd

  • Flavien Raynaud

  • Antonio Verardi

  • Phillip Cloud

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2021-05-24Check that all active committers have a signed CLA on record.
2021-05-24Remind 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.
2021-05-24Check 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.
2021-05-24Check 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

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