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Have we forgotten the Linux Code of Conduct controversy? Contributors threatened to remove their code from the kernel. A CLA would completely prevent that.
by IAmLiterallyAB 8y ago
Have we forgotten the Linux Code of Conduct controversy? Contributors threatened to remove their code from the kernel. A CLA would completely prevent that.
- JoshTriplett 8y ago> Contributors threatened to remove their code from the kernel. No. Random fringe anonymous emails from non-contributors claimed (incorrectly) that developers could do so. See https://sfconservancy.org/news/2018/sep/26/GPLv2-irrevocability/ https://sfconservancy.org/news/2018/sep/26/GPLv2-irrevocabil... and https://copyleft.org/guide/comprehensive-gpl-guidech8.html#x11-540007.4 https://copyleft.org/guide/comprehensive-gpl-guidech8.html#x... for details (incorporating actual legal analysis).
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