From 796980f645098236b1ea566a91c82fd713e773d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arnaud J Le Hors Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 14:56:30 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Highlight licensing expectations for contributions Signed-off-by: Arnaud J Le Hors --- process/project-lifecycle.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/process/project-lifecycle.md b/process/project-lifecycle.md index 1c2740ab..71762a45 100644 --- a/process/project-lifecycle.md +++ b/process/project-lifecycle.md @@ -185,3 +185,5 @@ The TAC members review the PR and upon approval according to voting criteria def ### IP policy and license review Contributing an existing project to the OpenSSF requires a one-time IP policy and license review with The Linux Foundation. To enable tracking of the IP policy and license review process, an issue in the TAC repo must be created. The results of the review as well as all relevant data (e.g., results of license scans) must be attached to this issue. Finally, the issue must be mentioned in the project creation PR and the latter can only be merged once the issue tracking the IP policy and license review has been closed. + +In accordance with the [OpenSSF charter](https://openssf.org/about/charter/), unless otherwise approved by the Governing Board, software code is to be licensed under the Apache License Version 2.0 or the MIT license, data under any of the Community Data License Agreements, specifications under the Community Specification License Version 1.0, and documentation under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.