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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-project <gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Poll: Would you sign a Contributer License Agreement?
Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 14:56:44 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGfcS_nHn3hVbZb7ZQpMkQxdpFKzujwTdCQpck1-VfdbbD3YpA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <robbat2-20180530T174340-579605896Z@orbis-terrarum.net>

On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 1:45 PM Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org> 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?


As a USian, I second the motion.  I think the FLA is a copyleft approach to
CLA-like documents and I'd prefer that anybody who is adverse to CLAs in
general take a moment to understand what the FLA does before rushing to
judgment.

I believe this one was created using the FSFe's recommended attributes,
which are very GPL-like at heart.  It grounds the Foundation power to do
the sorts of things we'd probably want them to be able to do, while
restricting their ability to do the sorts of things they probably shouldn't
be able to do.  This extends to anybody who might seize control of the
Foundation legally (such as via a lawsuit/judgment), and as a result it
gives nefarious people less of an incentive to attempt to do so.

But, the above is subjective.  Go read the document or the FSFe's
descriptions of the FLA to understand what it does.  It is more than just a
"copyright assignment for Germany."

-- 
Rich


  reply	other threads:[~2018-05-30 18:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-05-30 14:36 [gentoo-project] Poll: Would you sign a Contributer License Agreement? Ulrich Mueller
2018-05-30 17:45 ` Robin H. Johnson
2018-05-30 18:56   ` Rich Freeman [this message]
2018-05-30 22:02     ` Ulrich Mueller
2018-05-31  5:48   ` kuzetsa
2018-05-31 18:53     ` Ulrich Mueller
     [not found] ` <20180530182136.GB18004@kroah.com>
2018-05-30 21:44   ` [gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] " Ulrich Mueller
2018-05-30 22:31     ` Rich Freeman
2018-05-30 22:44       ` Ulrich Mueller
     [not found]     ` <20180531070321.GC7744@kroah.com>
2018-05-31  9:34       ` Ulrich Mueller
2018-05-31 10:18       ` Ulrich Mueller
2018-05-31 10:23         ` Ulrich Mueller
2018-05-31 22:24     ` Jonas Stein
2018-05-31 22:27       ` Kristian Fiskerstrand
2018-05-31 23:52         ` Raymond Jennings
2018-06-01  1:55           ` R0b0t1
2018-06-01  2:32             ` Rich Freeman
2018-06-01 11:49               ` Ulrich Mueller
2018-06-01  1:52       ` Ulrich Mueller
2018-06-04 12:35 ` [gentoo-project] " Ulrich Mueller
2018-06-04 12:44   ` Kristian Fiskerstrand
     [not found]   ` <20180625013334.GA28404@kroah.com>
2018-06-25  6:50     ` [gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-core] " Ulrich Mueller
2018-06-25  7:02       ` Paweł Hajdan, Jr.
     [not found]       ` <20180625070525.GA6151@kroah.com>
2018-06-25  7:54         ` Ulrich Mueller
     [not found]           ` <20180625110540.GB3058@kroah.com>
2018-06-25 14:08             ` Rich Freeman
2018-06-25 14:37             ` Ulrich Mueller
2018-06-25 14:46               ` M. J. Everitt
2018-06-25 14:56                 ` Rich Freeman
2018-06-25 15:53                   ` Denis Dupeyron
2018-06-25 16:50                     ` Rich Freeman
2018-06-25 19:02                       ` Denis Dupeyron
2018-06-25 20:13                         ` Michał Górny
2018-06-25 20:28                           ` Paweł Hajdan, Jr.
2018-06-25 20:33                           ` Denis Dupeyron
2018-06-25 20:31                     ` Alec Warner
2018-06-25 20:52                       ` Denis Dupeyron
2018-06-25 21:06                         ` Alec Warner
2018-06-25 21:06                         ` Ulrich Mueller
2018-06-25 22:10                           ` Rich Freeman
2018-06-25 23:55                     ` Andreas K. Huettel
2018-06-25 16:54                 ` Ulrich Mueller
2018-06-25 17:10                   ` M. J. Everitt
2018-06-25 17:37                     ` Rich Freeman
2018-06-09  9:02 ` [gentoo-project] " Ulrich Mueller

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