Hi all,
Now that the project is starting to get back to it's feet, there are a couple
of legal aspects I'm hoping to get clarified:- As of now, all contributors to
xCAT were required to sign the xCAT Contributors License Agreement (the xCAT
CLA), whether the individual version or the Corporate version
(https://github.com/xcat2/xcat-core/tree/master/docs/source/developers/license)-
Once of the terms of the license state the following:
“xCAT Community” shall mean International Business Machines Corporation and
other users of xCAT. Accepted Contributions will be made available to the xCAT
Community at large through sourceforge.net or other open source community.
- With regards to the CLA, does the definition of xCAT community work as here,
or will this need updating, given the new structure of management?
- In case the agreement is changed to update this, would the previous signers
have to resign and send the updated CLA?- Can the CLA be made implicit, instead
of explicit? Should it be (i.e add a large disclaimer in the README, that by
contributing to the project, the contributor is accepting the CLA and thus the
"Grant of Copyright License" section of the CLA)?
Jarrod, Victor and Nathan, would you also chime in on how you managed tracking
the CLA of first-time contributors.
I ask this as there are a few PRs on Github by first-time contributors, and now
that the project activity is picking back up, I'd rather possible legal gotchas
don't hit the community.
Regards,
--Samveen S. Gulati
The best-laid schemes o' mice an 'men
Gang aft agley,
An'lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promis'd joy!
-- Robert Burns
(The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry, and bring nothing but grief
and pain of the ..)
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