> No one should ever sign a CLA that gives a company more rights to your contributions than you get from theirs. Why not? I've signed CLAs to contribute to ope

> No one should ever sign a CLA that gives a company more rights to your contributions than you get from theirs. Why not? I've signed CLAs to contribute to open source projects that I use every day. These projects already offer me tremendous value for free, and while my contributions may help other people, they mostly help me since they tend to be fixes for problems that I personally have with them. Having the fix contributed to the project also usually means that it becomes someone else's problem to maintain it in the long run, so it's not even a burden for me. So I already get way more than I give in that kind of situation. Knowing that they can potentially profit off of my contributions gives me some peace of mind. If they can build a sustainable business from it, then they'll be able to survive and I'll be able to keep benefiting from it. It's a win-win! Of course, I guess it's possible (maybe) that they'll be able to do a bait and switch and force me to start paying. I've never had that happen to me, and I might change my mind if it does.