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Does assigning copyright with a CLA mean that I would not be free to, say, submit the same PR to more permissive fork as well as Hashicorp's vault?
by hamandcheese 3y ago
Does assigning copyright with a CLA mean that I would not be free to, say, submit the same PR to more permissive fork as well as Hashicorp's vault?
- seabass-labrax 3y agoIt depends on the CLA, and there is often very little similarity between one CLA and another. On a technical note, CLAs don't usually assign copyright, they only grant a licence, but one which permits the recipient of the CLA to relicense the contribution whenever they choose to.
- ec109685 3y agoYes, they would be allowed.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> Does assigning copyright with a CLA mean that I would not be free to, say, submit the same PR to more permissive fork as well as Hashicorp's vault? A CLA, by definition, licenses rather than assigns copyright. A CAA assigns copyright. Typically, a CLA does not restrict the licensors right to license the same contribution elsewhere (if it is legally derivative of a project whose own license is restrictive, that may prevent it, however.)