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> On Thursday 16 of October 2014 19:16:32 Timothy Pearson wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> After much consideration I have decided it would be safest to require
>> our
>> developers to formalize their open-source contributions with a CLA.
>>
>> The CLA on the main TDE site does not transfer copyright or do anything
>> objectionable like Canonical's old CLA did; it simply formalizes the
>> long-standing intuitive agreement between open-source contributors and
>> open-source projects.  Specifically, contributors grant a license to
>> use,
>> redistribute, modify, etc. the contributed work under our approved
>> open-source licenses (sadly this formalization is required even though
>> most people would think contributing to an open source project
>> automatically granted those rights!), waive any patent rights they may
>> otherwise hold for the contribution (some people contribute then sue for
>> high damages), etc.  Fairly standard stuff but in the increasingly
>> litigious environment of the United States the risks are just too high
>> to
>> continue without a CLA.
>>
>> I have not arrived at this decision lightly, but have tried to keep the
>> CLA as minimal as possible while protecting the project.  I don't
>> believe
>> the CLA grants any further rights to the project than already
>> intuitively
>> granted when people contribute to an open source project; if I am in
>> error
>> please let me know ASAP!
>>
>> Until I get feedback from the core team this is not mandatory for anyone
>> who has already contributed to the project.  Above all I do not want to
>> alienate the core development team without whom this project would not
>> be
>> possible.
>>
>> The agreements (and rationale) are available here:
>> https://www.trinitydesktop.org/cla/
>>
>> Thank you for your consideration,
>>
>> Timothy Pearson
>> Trinity Desktop Project
>>
>
> Some technical questions:
>
> 1) It would be useful to either pre-fill 'Us' or add instructions how it
> should be filled.

Good catch.  I had wanted to use the PDFs generated on the Harmony site to
avoid any potential introduction of errors, but that doesn't appear to be
an option.  I have *carefully* regenerated the PDFs from the Harmony
templates and prefilled the "Us" fields, as well as added editable fields
for the contributor section.

> 2) Remember that the contributors can be from all over the world, and it
> would
> be good to specify the fax number including international callsign -
> ie: +1 (415) 639-6630.

Whoops!  I do business internationally and therefore religiously tack on
the "+1" prefix; not sure how I managed to leave it off that page.

> 3) If sending by email procedure should be what? Print, fill in
> informations 'You', be signed, scanned and sent as images?
> It would be good instructions also add to the web page.

As there is now fillable field support I think it is a bit more obvious
what is intended?  Either way is fine, though if it's signed on paper then
scanned there is no need for a digital signature and vice versa.

I have also generated GPG digital signatures for the two PDFs on the site;
these constitute my signing of the agreements the same way as if someone
else had sent in a digital signature for a CLA via Email.

I could use some help from David Rankin if he's on the list to make sure I
have done this all correctly, but at least this is a good start.

Thanks all for your input!

Tim
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