1# OpenBMC Maintainer/CLA Workflow 2OpenBMC contributors are required to execute an OpenBMC CLA (Contributor 3License Agreement) before their contributions can be accepted. This page is a 4checklist for sub-project maintainers to follow before approving patches. 5 6* Manually verify the contributor has signed the ICLA (individual) or is 7listed on an existing CCLA (corporate). 8 * Executed CLAs can be found [in the CLA repository][1]. 9 * If you were not added to the appropriate CLA repository ACL send an 10email to openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org with a request to be added. 11 * If a CLA for the contributor is found, accept the patch(1). 12* If a CLA is not found, request that the contributor execute one and send it 13to manager@lfprojects.org. 14 * Do not accept the patch(1) until a signed CLA (individual _or_ 15corporate) has been uploaded to the CLA repository. 16 * The CCLA form can be found [here][2]. 17 * The ICLA form can be found [here][3]. 18 19An executed OpenBMC CLA is _not_ required to accept contributions to 20OpenBMC forks of upstream projects, like the Linux kernel or U-Boot. 21 22Review the maintainers' responsibilities in the [contributing 23guidelines](./CONTRIBUTING.md). Maintainers are ultimately 24responsible for sorting out open source license issues, issues with 25using code copied from the web, and maintaining the quality of the 26code. 27 28Repository maintainers ought to have the following traits as 29recognized by a consensus of their peers: 30 - responsible: have a continuing desire to ensure only high-quality 31 code goes into the repo 32 - leadership: foster open-source aware practices such as [FOSS][4] 33 - expertise: typically demonstrated by significant contributions to 34 the code or code reviews 35 36(1) The semantics of accepting a patch depend on the sub-project contribution 37process. 38 39* GitHub pull requests - Merging the pull request. 40* Gerrit - +2. 41* email - Merging the patch. 42 43Ensure that accepted changes actually merge into OpenBMC repositories. 44 45[1]: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Ooi0RdTcaOWF1DWFJUAJDdN7tRKde7Nl 46[2]: https://github.com/openbmc/openbmc/files/1860741/OpenBMC.CCLA.pdf 47[3]: https://github.com/openbmc/openbmc/files/1860742/OpenBMC.ICLA.pdf 48[4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software 49