Re: [gentoo-project] Poll: Would you sign a Contributer License Agreement?

[Rich Freeman]

On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 1:45 PM Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@g.o> wrote:

> I have a nit question:
> Can we please call the agreement "FLA" instead of "CLA", since it is
> derived from FSFE's FLA-2.0, and is still a FLA at it's heart, rather
> than a USian-centric CLA?


As a USian, I second the motion.  I think the FLA is a copyleft approach to
CLA-like documents and I'd prefer that anybody who is adverse to CLAs in
general take a moment to understand what the FLA does before rushing to
judgment.

I believe this one was created using the FSFe's recommended attributes,
which are very GPL-like at heart.  It grounds the Foundation power to do
the sorts of things we'd probably want them to be able to do, while
restricting their ability to do the sorts of things they probably shouldn't
be able to do.  This extends to anybody who might seize control of the
Foundation legally (such as via a lawsuit/judgment), and as a result it
gives nefarious people less of an incentive to attempt to do so.

But, the above is subjective.  Go read the document or the FSFe's
descriptions of the FLA to understand what it does.  It is more than just a
"copyright assignment for Germany."

-- 
Rich