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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi OpenStack legal community<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a question on the purpose of the ICLA. In attempting to setup my local Git repository with the OpenStack Gerrit system, I ran into an issue where I was asked to sign the ICLA. My submissions to OpenStack are on behalf of the company
I work for, and we have already a signed CCLA. Our general counsel does not want me to sign an individual CLA because I do not own any of the IP being submitted. Can you clarify, in legal terms for my general counsel, why there is this requirement?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Michael Latchmansingh
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</span></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Director, Product Development</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">954-377-6058</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#D40A00"> t<br>
</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">561-927-5754</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#D40A00"> c<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#D40A00">DataCore Software Corporation<br>
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6300 NW 5th Way<br>
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</span><a href="http://www.datacore.com/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">http://www.datacore.com</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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