The CLA is already unnecessary. No court has ruled otherwise when it comes to derivative works.
On Saturday, December 15, 2012 12:51:40 PM UTC-7, Ben Noordhuis wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Isaac Schlueter <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > > Apache2 has much more thorough coverage of patents and other IP stuff, > > but I dislike it because it's so long and tedious, and I distrust long > > legal documents for the same reason that I distrust large programs. > > You should use it if you care about patent issues, or if you like pink > > feathers. > > With the benefit of hindsight, the Apache license might have been a > better choice for node.js. It would have reduced - probably removed - > the need for a CLA. > > That said, patents are mostly an American issue. I release most of my > personal stuff under the ISC license, which is like MIT but with even > less boilerplate. > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
