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CLA intimidates people to contribute. It discourages contributions

• radarsat1 8y ago
  Why would people contribute to a project they don't agree to the license of? Isn't it good to discourage contributions from people who don't agree in the first place, avoiding future conflict?
  • pastage 8y ago
    Coding is fun, signing a document is not. It would take many hours of coding to offset the time it takes to sign a CLA.
  • jasonlotito 8y ago
    They can agree with the license and disagree with the CLA. In fact, by requiring a CLA, as a user of the product, you know that they organization behind the code is discouraging contributors. This is not a good thing.
  • toast0 8y ago
    As someone who works at a fairly enlightened big company, it's not too hard to get approval to contribute to an open source project (lawyers confirm the license is ok, and that the project doesn't touch any things that are currently sensitive to touch publicly) and it usually only takes a couple business days, getting approval to agree to a CLA is a fairly big additional delay, especially when they want it signed by the company rather than the individual.