On Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:22:07 -0500, Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Baptiste Carvello < > de...@baptiste-carvello.net> wrote: > > > Le 05/03/2013 04:13, Stephen J. Turnbull a écrit : > > > Mark Lawrence writes: > > > > > > > People already use the bug tracker as an excuse not to contribute, > > > > wouldn't this requirement make the situation worse? > > > > > > A failure to sign the CLA is already a decision not to contribute to > > > the distribution > > > > my 2 cents as an occasional contributor of minor patches: I understand > > that the scarce resource is reviewer time, so I would definitely accept > > to sign the CLA with my next contribution before a reviewer invests his > > time in it. > > > > However, please don't make the popup too pushy. I abhor websites which > > push people into entering legally binding agreements "with one click" > > without the opportunity to study them carefully (personnally, this would > > not be a problem as I already know what the CLA is about, but other > > contributors might not). > > > > Also, please keep the possibility to use the old paper-based signing > > procedure. I for one don't consider so-called "electronic signatures" > > based on email address verification (as opposed to real crypto) to be as > > good as a handwritten signature, and I don't want to legitimize them by > > using them. > > > > At the bottom of the CLA page there are instructions on how to still use > the paper form.
Then there also needs to be a way to ACK the popup so that it never shows up again. Which we should have anyway. Ideally that would be tied to the account and not to, say, a browser cookie. --David
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