[Users] [Devel] Contributor Licence Agreements

[David Sommerseth]

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On 26/04/16 11:33, Barry De Graaff wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> I would like to propose to use an adapted version of the 
> Contributor Licence Agreements as in use by the apache foundation:
> 
> http://www.apache.org/licenses/icla.txt
> 
> http://oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/cla
> 
> I guess we have to carefully read the icla.txt and then replace
> Apache specific details with ours.
> 
> 
> Anybody thoughts on this?

Why would we need a CLA to begin with?  I generally find CLAs usually
pretty useless.  I recommend reading this article on this topic by
Bradley M. Kuhn:
<https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2014/jun/09/do-not-need-cla/>

Another point is that a CLA may be an obstacle for some employees in
some companies to contribute - as they may not be allowed to sign such
agreements without a formal in-house process first.

As Kuhn suggests, having a good license often invalidates any need for
a CLA.


David S.
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