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Re:I will not sign the CLA for less than $100, payable in Bi... by blumkvist on Monday April 06, 2015 @11:51AM (#9328709)
I think the point is that if a project is big enough, it will inevitably go to court at some point (probably at many points). Having a CLA will make this a lot less expensive for the project maintainers.
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Re:I will not sign the CLA for less than $100, payable in Bi... by icebraining on Monday April 06, 2015 @11:54AM (#9328730)
Why is it cheaper with a CLA?
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Re:I will not sign the CLA for less than $100, payable in Bi... by mikeryan on Monday April 06, 2015 @12:18PM (#9328902)
Because the Contributors, in advance, have already agreed to confer a certain set of IP rights to the mainter and manager with respect to the code they've contribute. This means there's less questions during litigation about the rights to the code the maintainer holds and prevents the maintainer from having to track down individual contributors during a lawsuit.
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