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        The Apache Software Foundation
           Apache UIMA Project
        Bulk Contribution Checklist
               v1.0  20070111

The Apache UIMA project is dedicated to producing a codebase that 
has clear IP pedigree and protects the IP rights of others.  As part 
of this effort, we ask the following questions of all contributions
of software that has been created outside of the project.  Our goal is
to provide clear and consistent oversight of the project codebase, as 
well as encourage our contributors to carefully examine their 
contributions before bringing to the project.

Please Note : This document and your answers are considered public
information, and shall be part of the Apache UIMA project public 
records.


Part I :  Identification

   Please provide the following information

      Name : ___________________________________________
    E-mail : ___________________________________________

    Mailing address :
        ___________________________________________
        ___________________________________________
        ___________________________________________
        ___________________________________________

    Employer :  ___________________________________________


Part II : Description

    Please describe the contribution :





Part III :  Statement of Origination

a) Have you personally written all of the code or other material
   that you are intending to contribute to this project, and if so,
   are you an Authorized Committer on the Apache UIMA project?

  [ ] Yes
  [ ] No

  If "yes", you're done with Part III, skip to Part IV
  If "no" please continue with the rest of Part III

b) Have you verified the development history of the code to
   identify ALL of the authors?

   Please list the other authors:


c) Do you have a written agreement with all of the authors that
   either gives you ownership of the material or otherwise provides
   you sufficient rights to submit this material to the project
   on their behalf.

   Please provide the details of this agreement:


d) Are all of the authors Authorized Apache UIMA Committers for the part of
   the contribution written/created by each author?

  [ ] Yes ? if "yes", you're done with Part III, skip to Part IV.
  [ ] No ? if "no", please continue with the rest of part III


e) Did any of the authors of the code have access to third  
   party implementations of similar technology while developing the  
   contribution?

  [ ] Yes
  [ ] No

  If "yes", please give details below :


f) Was the code developed in accordance with a  development  
   process which was designed to prevent unauthorized inclusion 
   of third party  intellectual property rights into the code?  
   (e.g., does the process require that developers not have 
   concurrent access to third party implementations of similar 
   technology during development?)

  [ ] Yes
  [ ] No

  If "no", the code isn't eligible for the Apache UIMA Project.

  If "yes", please provide short description of the process,  
  focusing on protections related to third party intellectual 
  property :
  
  
  

Note : The Apache UIMA project generally performs additional 
scans of it's codebase, including bulk contributions, to help 
confirm code pedigree.  Prior to submitting any contribution,
we strongly encourage you to verify that the contribution is
acceptable.  Please see  
http://incubator.apache.org/uima/code-scan-tools.html
for more information.


Part IV : Checklist

  [ ] Contribution is licensed under the Apache License v2.0

  [ ] Software Grant or Corporate Contributor License Agreement and Software
      Grant executed and submitted


 Signature : ___________________________________________
Print Name : ___________________________________________
      Date : ___________________________________________



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