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PMI/IP Log Generator
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Sources of Information
In general, if you follow the rules regarding the recording of use of third-party libraries and accepting contributions the generation of the IP Log should require virtually no effort.
The IP Log Generator gathers information from numerous sources.
Third-Party Libraries
The IP Log generator gathers third-party library information from IPZilla. All active Contribution Questionnaires (CQs) are included in the list. Note that CQs marked as obsolete or withdrawn are not included in the list.
If your IP Log includes entires that are marked as "pending", then the corresponding CQs have not been processed by the IP Team. If your current release requires these third-party libraries, then you'll have to wait to submit your IP Log for review and--by extension--wait to do your release until after the IP Team has approved them.
If you find errors in this section, connect with the Eclipse IP Team to have them resolved.
Committers
Anybody who has ever been a committer on the project will be listed. This information comes from the Foundation Database.
If you find errors in this section, connect with EMO to have them resolved.
Contributors and Contributions
Information about contributions is extracted from two sources: the project's Git repositories, and Bugzilla.
The project's Git repositories (as specified on the Development Resources tab on the project's PMI page) are mined for this information. Any commit that was authored by non-committers are automatically listed. Please see Handling Git Contributions to ensure that Git commits are properly structured.
Contributions received via Bugzilla as patches are listed in this section as well. Contributions must be uploaded by the author as attachments on a bug and a committer must set the iplog+ flag on the attachment. An entire bug can also be marked as iplog+, but this is discouraged as marking a bug as such indicates that every comment is an IP contribution. Use of Bugzilla to accept contributions is deprecated.
Contributions from committers may be included in this section if those contributions were authored while the individual did not have committer status.
If you find errors in this section, connect with EMO to have them resolved.
Licenses
The list of licenses displayed in the IP Log come from the Eclipse Foundation Database. If you find errors in this section, connect with EMO to have them resolved.
Repositories
The list of repositories (which is used to feed the process that harvests contribution data) comes from the information specified in the project's metadata.
If you find errors in this section, confirm that your project's Development Resources page reports the repositories correctly. If cannot resolve it yourself connect with EMO for assistance.