On Jul 19, 11:14 am, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have no strong object to the idea of removing every prerequisite
> from admission to web2py-developers.

Good :)

> But I still think we need to figure out a way to better acknowledge
> the role of contributors.

Have contributors stated they want more acknowledgement?

> Moreover so many people have contributed so far we should also start
> thinking about protecting copyright issues (both protecting web2py
> from possible contamination of copyrighted code, and protecting the
> contributors by making sure they retain rights on their contributed
> code).
> We should look how other projects handle these issues.

This is usually done through a CLA:
http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/HowToContribute#ContributorsLicenseAgreements

Contributors sign-over their rights to the project.
Having this be a Foundation rather than an individual could be useful
here (although personally I'm fine either way).

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