---
id: 'icla'
title: 'Sign iCLA Guide'
---

Apache CLA short for Apache Contributor License Agreement, the purpose of this agreement is to clearly define the terms under which intellectual property has been contributed to the ASF and thereby allow us to defend the project should there be a legal dispute regarding the software at some future time. A signed ICLA is required to be on file before an individual is given commit rights to any ASF project.

The process of submitting iCLA are:

## Download

Click the link [Contributor License Agreements](https://www.apache.org/licenses/contributor-agreements.html#clas) and find iCLA under the Contributor License Agreements section.

![iCLA](/img/community/icla-01.png)

## Fill the content

![iCLA](/img/community/icla-02.png)

Fill in the following columns in English.

- Full name

  Please fill in your real name. The given name comes first, followed by the surname. The first letter of each should be capitalized. (Note:Leave a space between family name and last name, remember capitalize the first letter, please write family name at first.)

- Public name:

  the public name should be a real name or pen name and not a user id.

- Postal Address:

  The English address is detailed down to the house number.

- Country:

  Please fill in your country.

- E-mail:

  Please fill in your personal email address.

- (optional) preferred Apache id(s)

  You need to choose a unique Apache ID that hasn't been taken. Check [ASF Committers by ID](https://people.apache.org/committer-index.html) to see which IDs are still available.

- (optional) notify project:

  Apache Fesod (Incubating)

Refer to this case

![iCLA](/img/community/icla-03.png)

## Sign

![iCLA](/img/community/icla-04.png)

- Please sign:

  Apache only accept hand-written signature or gpg signature, here we suggest choosing hand-written way. Print the document and sign your name on the paper, or use electric pen.

- Date: Signing Date(yyyy-MM-dd)

## Send mail

Take a photo or scan the signed document into a PDF format, and rename it as "name-icla.pdf".

Please send the email to `secretary@apache.org` and also forward it to `private@fesod.apache.org`. Attach the PDF to the email. For the email content, please refer to the following:

```text
Hello Apache,
  I am willing contribute to the ASF. The attachment is my iCLA information. My Github account is : https://github.com/xxxx.
Thanks !
```

> This email should include the details from the previous committer invitation correspondence. It is recommended to reply to the earlier email exchange, then modify the subject line and recipients accordingly.

After waiting for some time, you will receive an email from `root@apache.org`.

When you receive an email with the subject line: "Welcome to the Apache Software Foundation", congratulations! You have now obtained an Apache ID.
