On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-googlegroups.620...@mired.org> wrote: > On Sat, 5 Feb 2011 00:09:41 -0500 > Christopher Petrilli <petri...@amber.org> wrote: >> For example, the following projects REQUIRE contributor agreements, in >> writing, signed and either scanned or on paper, prior to accepting any >> patches or commits: >> >> - Free Software Foundation >> - Apache, and everything under it >> - Python > I'm sorry, I'm going to call foul on this. I've contributed to Python > without ever signing a CA. And the current developers guide page > doesn't have anything on it about needing to sign a CA.
I do not know when you contributed, or whether it was before this period, but from http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonSoftwareFoundationLicenseFaq: > If your code is going to end up in Python or the standard library, the PSF > will require you to: > * License your code under an acceptable open source license. These > currently include only the Academic Free License and the Apache License 2.0, > although this list may be expanded in the future. (No, the PSF License is not > acceptable; see below) > * Fill out and submit a contributor agreement. Perhaps they exclude some small amount of code in the form of patches, but it certainly applies to libraries, etc. You can find the contributor agreement here: http://www.python.org/psf/contrib-form.html It's not that different than the one for Clojure. Again, I'm not arguing whether it's a "good thing" or not, simply that it's actually not as unheard of as people think, nor is it poorly founded in US legal precedent. > Seriously, the "snail-mail" requirement is the only one that's really > objectionable. Most places are quite happy with a scanned image of the > signed document (i.e. - the Chickasaw nation for my citizenship > papers). Then perhaps someone can offer to Rich to accept the scanned copies and deal with them? One of the "joys" of an open source project is not just contributing code, but helping out with the administrative overhead of running a project. Chris -- | Chris Petrilli | petri...@amber.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
