One of the key responsibilities of the PMC is to ensure that projects are following the Eclipse
Intellectual Property Process. In that regard, the PMC has a role in the intellectual property vetting process. Specifically, we need the PMC to approve
contribution questionnaires (CQ).
The criteria by which a PMC grants approval of a CQ varies by PMC.
At least in part, PMC approval is required to ensure that the PMC is actively engaged with the project that operate under their purview in the event that the EMO requires some assistance working with the project (the PMC member that approves a CQ becomes an obvious contact should the IP Team require your assistance).
In part, PMC approval of CQ means that the PMC believes that the contribution represented by the CQ makes technical sense, but from an intellectual property perspective (i.e. does it make sense to incorporate this contribution into the project?).
Finally, we depend on the PMC to use their knowledge and experience with their community and technology to flag any potential issues that may not be obvious to our intellectual property due diligence team (e.g. you know that the license for some content was changed).
Some PMCs make additional requirements; we can discuss what those additional requirements might be, but I recommend that you defer considering that until a need is demonstrated.
So... in more practical terms, we need the PMC to approve the following CQs:
To approve, please review the CQs in consideration of the background that I've provided above and set the "PMC_Approved" flag to "+1" and click "Issues addressed, return CQ to IPTeam".
The IPZilla system should send future notifications of changes to CQ to this openhw-pmc list.
