> When I discover bugs in open-source projects during my day job (which is on a closed-source project), I will be much happier having those fixes merged upstrea

> When I discover bugs in open-source projects during my day job (which is on a closed-source project), I will be much happier having those fixes merged upstream than having to maintain our own private fork. And this, regardless of how you weigh the post's other objections to a CLA, is a very good reason to sign one for many contributions.