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. 
>

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