From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 84F03138330 for ; Wed, 30 May 2018 22:31:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 474C7E08FA; Wed, 30 May 2018 22:31:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pf0-f169.google.com (mail-pf0-f169.google.com [209.85.192.169]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F070CE08F5 for ; Wed, 30 May 2018 22:31:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pf0-f169.google.com with SMTP id b74-v6so6271851pfl.5 for ; Wed, 30 May 2018 15:31:13 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=akunjiOGfh2/dMHEJcJ0ZUgtoIvJdxs9/8SoHTImDNM=; b=dtN3THC41JT/Dy8xzfQoGH4oyAXvg88mLU8Ocrsz9MU5+Cc6hzRPa+TV5yhqyo+R5t ijGBRtdcdkZFwXNzEa1QkNIDSM/DAD3OpqJsFZQr2S/52KFV4M76dlbULYVi7OfalYYB RtwvxmgCbtXeunKb/2BlwVnU7Vn6d/UQH5nCQP27LuMLEkLIwxz0yqyrBGHiIDQoXHiq e5zk1UaDD23af6078jJxghwEOoePBoz9reA80L5htWioiC5LOj16+5C7o/4l1g3YscW+ tfDoT5uX1Db+GYjhX/i6GgGGQ55JJjTi7FM5YTS9otWf6g1cniQsBjFUxOulSDPLuGA7 dP2Q== X-Gm-Message-State: ALKqPweStapqsphCfJaoLRWfzp4RTudebjKQxR7nqPrXHIXqMcSjqBqh PuXPHOvPZJODH0XTbPTl3MnRKbK2W3Fz9rFzRx154A== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADUXVKLYXepGzQkxC3Cdds1XWQIWpjEBmfvGW5KaFarV6jggPuzgLB94iss9ckoUyjwvJHtKic55x9mA5N5siwh2PFE= X-Received: by 2002:a65:5183:: with SMTP id h3-v6mr3503195pgq.58.1527719472554; Wed, 30 May 2018 15:31:12 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <23310.46809.293787.611345@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <20180530182136.GB18004@kroah.com> <23311.6978.886855.373818@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> In-Reply-To: <23311.6978.886855.373818@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> From: Rich Freeman Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 18:31:01 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Poll: Would you sign a Contributer License Agreement? To: gentoo-project Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Archives-Salt: 3ab3413a-8abe-44f4-94ee-439c1d4e9c03 X-Archives-Hash: 0ce1ba766a2923d3e5d2258b0461255d On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 5:44 PM Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > This is interesting, since you had previously signed the copyright > assignment form to Gentoo Technologies, Inc. (To be precise, you PGP > signed it and sent it to recruiters@gentoo.org on 2004-03-08.) > Given that the intent is for the FLA/CLA/whateverLA to be completely optional, I don't think it makes sense to challenge people if they say they don't intend to sign it. Contributors are welcome to sign it, or not, and while I think we should explain why it would be a nice thing if they could, if they can't or won't that is just fine too and that is all there is to it. I'll let Greg speak for himself (if he wishes to), but in a past thread on this topic he commented that some may not be able to sign due to employment obligations. This was one of the reasons we decided to go towards making it optional (back when this was first being discussed). While I also ended up having a few disagreements with him in that thread I will acknowledge that Greg is considered a bit of an expert in this space (not that he needs endorsement from me). As we discussed in IRC I support the changes that were made in this case, however. -- Rich