Joint Copyright Assignment
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Note: the JCA was superseded by the Sun Contributor Agreement which was superseded by the Oracle Contributor Agreement.
The Joint Copyright Assignment is a legal document you sign giving Sun, as well as your self, copyright to your contributions to OpenOffice.org.
It lurks at http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/jca.pdf
There is more good blurb about this [1] here for those that want to know more.
For JCA already sent and still awaiting for approval, please see the Pending JCAs section to post your enquiry and follow up.