Apache UIMA TextMarker Codebase Intellectual Property (IP) Clearance Status

Description

Apache UIMA TextMarker is a rule-based script language supported by Eclipse-based tooling. The language is designed to enable rapid development of text processing applications within UIMA. A special focus lies on the intuitive and flexible domain specific language for defining patterns of annotations. The Eclipse-based tooling for TextMarker, called the TextMarker Workbench, was created to support the user and to facilitate every step when writing TextMarker rules. Both the TextMarker rule language and the TextMarker Workbench integrate smoothly with Apache UIMA.

TextMarker is contributed as zip-file with multiple java projects and a zip file with wiki content.

Project info

The UIMA PMC is responsible for the code.

The code will be imported into https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/uima/sandbox/TextMarker as part a of the UIMA project.

Marshall Schor, Jörn Kottmann and Peter Klügl are responsible for managing the donation process.

Completed tasks are shown by the completion date (YYYY-MM-dd).

Identify the codebase

date	item
2013-01-08	If applicable, make sure that any associated name does not already exist and is not already trademarked for an existing software product.

The code is available here: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12487004/TextMarker.zip.

Copyright

date	item
2013-01-08	Check and make sure that the papers that transfer rights to the ASF been received. It is only necessary to transfer rights for the package, the core code, and any new code produced by the project.
2013-01-08	Check and make sure that the files that have been donated have been updated to reflect the new ASF copyright.

Identify name recorded for software grant: TextMarker, and a Software Grant recorded with Corporate CLAs:

Signed Corp CLA for Peter Klügl for TextMarker by the University of Würzburg, Germany

Verify distribution rights

Corporations and individuals holding existing distribution rights:

Universität Würzburg, Germany
Peter Klügl

date	item
2013-01-08	Check that all active committers have a signed CLA on record.
2013-01-08	Remind active committers that they are responsible for ensuring that a Corporate CLA is recorded if such is required to authorize their contributions under their individual CLA.
2013-01-08	Check and make sure that for all items included with the distribution that is not under the Apache license, we have the right to combine with Apache-licensed code and redistribute.
2013-01-08	Check and make sure that all items depended upon by the project is covered by one or more of the following approved licenses: Apache, BSD, Artistic, MIT/X, MIT/W3C, MPL 1.1, or something with essentially the same terms.

Generally, the result of checking off these items will be a Software Grant, CLA, and Corporate CLA for ASF licensed code, which must have no dependencies upon items whose licenses that are incompatible with the Apache License.

Organizational acceptance of responsibility for the project

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