Re:We Picked AGPL
by trueismywork on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @04:16PM
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You don't need CLA for legal protection, Developer certificate of origin is enough. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developer_Certificate_of_Ori...
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Re:We Picked AGPL
by philippemnoel on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @06:49PM
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We've looked into the DCO before. It turns out CLAs are more common and easier to deal with, thanks to a tool like cla-assistant.io. We ended up opting for it for the sake of simplicity.
Re:We Picked AGPL
by notpushkin on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @02:21AM
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You can use DCO legal text with CLA Assistant though!
Re:We Picked AGPL
by saul-paterson on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @04:28PM
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It's not a good argument, smoking was once very common and still is common in many parts of the world.
Re:We Picked AGPL
by quectophoton on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @07:37PM
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Is this actually legally binding? What would be the difference w.r.t. informed consent, between DCOs and the "I have read and accept the terms and conditions" checkboxes from most websites?
It also gives me similar vibes to the Do-Not-Track HTTP header since both can be enabled by default.
DCO is something like "Signed-of-by: me myself <[email protected]>" you have to actively add to your contributions, which is usually a conscious and willful act that is far more complex than blindly ticking a box (or even leaving a pre-ticked box ticked). Since that bar is higher, I think the legal weight should be higher.
CLA-Assistant is also similarly simple to fill out, so that can't be the difference there...