Title: CloudStack Terraform Provider Codebase Intellectual Property (IP) Clearance Status
Terraform relies on plugins called “providers” to interact with cloud providers, SaaS providers, and other APIs. The CloudStack Terraform provider allows Terraform users to build, change and version infrastructure on Apache CloudStack using Go-based CloudStack API SDK (being donated separately). The provider is written in the Go programming language.
Which PMC will be responsible for the code: CloudStack PMC
Into which existing project/module: Apache CloudStack
Officer or member managing donation: Paul Angus
Completed tasks are shown by the completion date (YYYY-MM-dd).
| date | item |
|---|---|
| 2021-06-22 | If applicable, make sure that any associated name does not already exist and is not already trademarked for an existing software product. We will need to change the name as it already exists |
| 2021-06-22 | The tags at https://github.com/xanzy/terraform-provider-cloudstack/releases/tag/apache-license-2.0 |
MD5 or SHA1 sum for donated software: ( Note versioned software used to calculate sum in parentheses ).
| date | item |
|---|---|
| 2021-06-22 | 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. |
| 2021-06-22 | 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
Corporations and individuals holding existing distribution rights:
| date | item |
|---|---|
| 2021-06-22 | Check that all active committers have a signed CLA on record. |
| N/A | 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. |
| 2021-06-22 | 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. |
| 2021-06-22 | 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. |
| 2021-07-08 | IP clearance process tracked on project Github issue https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/issues/5159 All top contributors by code additions/deletions/commmits have agreed to the codebase donation and relicensing, no objections or disagreements were communicated to the project. The Github issue tracking IP clearance and a mailing list thread https://markmail.org/message/avgoh7xnssgvoysm documents their no objections. |
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.
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