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HN is somehow always timely. Currently, these folks expect me to sign a CLA for a one-byte change to their README: https://github.com/gravitl/netmaker/pull/2516

by ndorf 3y ago

HN is somehow always timely. Currently, these folks expect me to sign a CLA for a one-byte change to their README: https://github.com/gravitl/netmaker/pull/2516 https://github.com/gravitl/netmaker/pull/2516

cxr 3y ago
This is amazing. (Note for the reader: look at the change <https://github.com/gravitl/netmaker/pull/2516/commits/196b1fecd38d2ff2e51cf2346e5ad95f108174bd https://github.com/gravitl/netmaker/pull/2516/commits/196b1f...>). There is so little that you stand to gain by agreeing to the CLA (and so much downside for them if they reject it and keep the status quo) that the best thing would be to say no. And I hope that if they do keep it as-is and then someone comes along later and makes the fix, you hound them about violating your IP and cite their comment "we do not have the rights" as prima facie evidence. Make CLA worshippers bite the bullet on their goofy beliefs.
- ndorf 3y ago
  I cannot sign the CLA since per its own terms, I would have to get written permission from my employer. Luckily, as I wrote, the change is not copyrightable and no one, including myself or my employer, can claim copyright ownership over it.
  - cxr 3y ago
    > the change is not copyrightable Right. > no one, including myself or my employer, can claim copyright ownership over it People can claim anything they want. Whether they're correct is the thing. I'm suggesting that, since they've articulated a belief that they can't use it without an explicit CLA, you go ahead and yes-and them and play it out both for comedy's sake and the greater good.
    - ndorf 3y ago
      I am sympathetic to that view, however, I have no desire to "punish" the authors for choosing to use a CLA in this case. I am not going to waste the time of multiple people at my day job to get this approved, however. Nor do I want my mental health called into question at work, which would be a predictable result of making such a request.

by ndorf 3y ago

cxr 3y ago

This is amazing. (Note for the reader: look at the change <https://github.com/gravitl/netmaker/pull/2516/commits/196b1fecd38d2ff2e51cf2346e5ad95f108174bd https://github.com/gravitl/netmaker/pull/2516/commits/196b1f...>). There is so little that you stand to gain by agreeing to the CLA (and so much downside for them if they reject it and keep the status quo) that the best thing would be to say no. And I hope that if they do keep it as-is and then someone comes along later and makes the fix, you hound them about violating your IP and cite their comment "we do not have the rights" as prima facie evidence. Make CLA worshippers bite the bullet on their goofy beliefs.

ndorf 3y ago
I cannot sign the CLA since per its own terms, I would have to get written permission from my employer. Luckily, as I wrote, the change is not copyrightable and no one, including myself or my employer, can claim copyright ownership over it.
- cxr 3y ago
  > the change is not copyrightable Right. > no one, including myself or my employer, can claim copyright ownership over it People can claim anything they want. Whether they're correct is the thing. I'm suggesting that, since they've articulated a belief that they can't use it without an explicit CLA, you go ahead and yes-and them and play it out both for comedy's sake and the greater good.
  - ndorf 3y ago
    I am sympathetic to that view, however, I have no desire to "punish" the authors for choosing to use a CLA in this case. I am not going to waste the time of multiple people at my day job to get this approved, however. Nor do I want my mental health called into question at work, which would be a predictable result of making such a request.