Contributor Agreements Considered Harmful

Posted by bob on Jul 8, 2019 9:19 AM EDT
Linux Journal; By Eric S. Raymond 		Mail this story
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Why attempts to protect your project with legal voodoo are likely to backfire on you. I have a little list (they never will be missed) of stupid things that open-source projects should stop doing. High on this list are CLAs (Contributor License Agreements) and their cousin the mandatory CA (Copyright Assignment).

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