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That example is exactly why many people will not want to sign a CLA. Someone who is has a strong preference for copyleft licences may not want to contribute to
by graemep 2y ago
That example is exactly why many people will not want to sign a CLA.
Someone who is has a strong preference for copyleft licences may not want to contribute to a project with a permissive license.
The intent may not be for the project owners to use the code in proprietary software, but it would be to allow someone to do so.
- kodablah 2y agoSure, and I think the CLA is a good signal to those that care about how their contribution is used to stay away. But for everyone else that's not concerned with that, the CLA is not inherently evil.