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Expand Up @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ license: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

# {{title}}

The Apache Software Foundation uses various agreements to
The Apache Software Foundation uses various agreements to
accept contributions of software code and documentation from individuals and corporations, and to accept
larger grants of existing software products.

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providing the ASF and its projects the right to distribute and build upon
their work.

**NOTE:** Contributions that are not significant may be accepted under Section 5
of the [Apache License 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
which states that any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion
shall be under the Apache License 2.0 unless otherwise specified.

A contribution is "significant" if reverting the change would be a
significant amount of work for the project. Reverting the change might
be needed if the contribution is found to be improper, such as occurs
when the contributor is not actually the owner of the intellectual
property, or the contributor owns a patent and later demands payment for royalties.

## Contributor License Agreements {#clas}

* ICLA: [Individual Contributor License Agreement](icla.pdf)
* CCLA: [Corporate Contributor License Agreement](cla-corporate.pdf)

All contributors of ideas, code, or documentation to
All contributors of significant ideas, code, or documentation to
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Not sure if there's a better adjective than "significant" -- perhaps we can pick something out of the formal definition of a de minimis-test https://www.lsd.law/define/de-minimis-test ?

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good change.

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A contribution is "significant" if reverting the change would be a significant amount of work for the project. Reverting the change might be needed if the contribution is found to be improper, such as occurs when the contributor is not actually the owner of the intellectual property, or the contributor owns a patent and later demands payment for royalties.

any Apache projects must complete, sign, and submit via
email an [Individual Contributor License Agreement](icla.pdf) (ICLA).

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