Re: [gentoo-project] Poll: Would you sign a Contributer License Agreement?

[Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org>]

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>>>>> On Thu, 31 May 2018, kuzetsa  wrote:

> On 05/30/2018 01:45 PM, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
>> I have a nit question:
>> Can we please call the agreement "FLA" instead of "CLA", since it is
>> derived from FSFE's FLA-2.0, and is still a FLA at it's heart, rather
>> than a USian-centric CLA?

> ^ That's not a 'nit question, it's a big deal!!!

> After researching the FSFE-style "FLA", it's important:

> https://fsfe.org/activities/ftf/fla.en.html (FAQ of sorts)

> Q) What if trustee misuses the rights I gave to them, e.g.
> by re-licensing Free Software as a proprietary one?

> A) FLA offers a special clause for this kind of situation
> to protect the Free Software project against potentially
> malicious intentions of Trustee. According to this
> provision, if Trustee acts against the principles of Free
> Software, all granted rights and licences return to their
> original owners. That means Trustee will be effectively
> prevented from continuing any activity which is contrary
> to principles of Free Software.

> ~(end quote of FAQ, etc)~

> That is to say: in the past, I've refused to contribute
> when asked for a generic copyright assignment, especially
> when more "permissive" (not as libre / free) licenses were
> already causing me to heistate.

> If it's a generic "assign all copyrights", then no.
> I would not sign a copyright assignment which doesn't
> look after my intent to work on libre / free-type works.

> yes please. do it as FLA if possible. ::thumbs up::

As I said before, the FSFE has asked us not to name it FLA even with
our relatively small changes applied. That's why its title is "Gentoo
Contributor License Agreement". Otherwise, it is derived from FLA-2.0
and (IMHO) preserves all its main features.

If you still think it should better be named FLA, feel free to take it
up with the FSFE legal team (legal@lists.fsfe.org). I don't feel like
going through more hassle just because of the title.

Ulrich

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