Note that a Corporate CLA does not remove the need for every developer to sign their own ICLA as an individual, which covers both contributions the corporation signing the CCLA owns, and those it does not own

The CCLA legally binds the corporation, so a person with authority to enter into legal contracts on behalf of the corporation must sign it

The ICLA an individual signs is not tied to any employer they may have, so we recommend that individuals use their personal email addresses in the contact details, rather than their @work addresses

The ASF publishes your legal name unless you provide an alternative display name
For example, if your full name is Andrew Bernard Charles Dickens, but you wish to be known as Andrew Dickens, enter the latter as your Display Name

We do not publish your postal address

If you are submitting an ICLA in response to an invitation from a PMC, be sure to identify the project via the form field "notify project"
Also, choose a preferred ID that is not already in use
Apache IDs must start with an alphabetic character and contain at least two additional alphanumeric characters (no special characters)
You can check for IDs in use here

When an individual or corporation decides to donate a body of existing software or documentation to one of the Apache projects, they need to execute a formal Software Grant Agreement (SGA) with the ASF
Typically, they do this after negotiating approval with the ASF Incubator or one of the PMCs, since the ASF does not accept software unless there is a viable community available to support it as part of a collaborative project

HOW-TO: SUBMITTING LICENSE AGREEMENTS AND GRANTS

You may sign documents by hand or by electronic signature, and submit them by email
The ASF no longer accepts submissions by postal mail or by fax

When submitting by email, please fill in the form with a PDF viewer, then print and sign it, scan all pages into a single PDF file, and attach the PDF file to an email addressed to secretary@apache
org

No printer? See CLA Frequently Asked Questions
If possible, send the attachment from the email address you list in the document
Send only one attached document per email

If you prefer to sign electronically, fill in the form, save it locally (e
g
icla
pdf), and sign the file by preparing a detached PGP signature
For example,
gpg --armor --detach-sign icla
pdf
This will create a file named icla
pdf
asc

Send both the file (icla
pdf) and the signature (icla
pdf
asc) as attachments in the same email to secretary@apache
org
Send only one document (file plus signature) per email

Do not submit your public key to Apache
Instead, upload your public key to keyserver
ubuntu
com

The files you submit should be named

• icla
• pdf and icla
• pdf
• asc for individual agreements
• ccla
• pdf and ccla
• pdf
• asc for corporate agreements
• software-grant
• pdf and software-grant
• pdf
• asc for grants
  We do not accept zip files or other archives
  We do not accept links to files; you must attach the files to the email

Note that typing your name in the field at the bottom of the document is not signing, regardless of the font that you use

A valid signature involves one of:

• Writing your signature by hand on a printed copy of the document
• Digitally signing the document by hand-drawing a signature
• Signing the document digitally via gpg
• Signing the document via DocuSign
  We will not accept unsigned documents