Post AbphzuGycB86mJw4XI by Anarcat@kolektiva.social
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 (DIR) Post #AbpQH5VyGyFjONza0e by Anarcat@kolektiva.social
       2023-11-15T02:16:02Z
       
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       contributor license agreements (CLAs) are such a turn-off for frequent drive-by contributors like me
       
 (DIR) Post #AbpQH6R2qluGFOh9yC by FreePietje@x0f.org
       2023-11-15T10:55:10Z
       
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       @Anarcat If they feel the need to make the barrier high, just don't contribute?I was actually looking for another article, but (IIRC) the gest of it was:A CLA means we want to take your contribution, but don't want to feel any obligation to contribute back (to the community).So I'll 'settle' for this (for now at least)"A CLA is a promise that software will one day become non-free"src: https://drewdevault.com/2023/07/04/Dont-sign-a-CLA-2.htmlAh, possibly this one: https://drewdevault.com/2018/10/05/Dont-sign-a-CLA.html
       
 (DIR) Post #AbpQH6lbcKLxHAJa1A by Anarcat@kolektiva.social
       2023-11-15T02:16:56Z
       
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       it's simple: i don't want to "register" or read your legalese right now; it's bad enough with license proliferation, now we're served with a proliferation of project-specific CLAs that are often longer than the original licenses #wtf #cla
       
 (DIR) Post #AbphzuGycB86mJw4XI by Anarcat@kolektiva.social
       2023-11-15T14:13:43Z
       
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       @FreePietje yeah so i know the "politics" of it and the debate, frankly I'm not talking about this at all here. i think CLAs are bad in general for the reasons you mention, but I think they are *particularly* bad (and should have an exception) for small contributions