Re: [Individual|Corporate] Contributor License Agreement

[Ole Streicher <olebole@debian.org>]

Hi Frederic,

these agreements seem to cover how one may contribute the code back
upstream. I think that upstream is free to put any rules here -- there
are upstreams that completely reject outside contributions, and other
require a transfer of the copyright. Everyting is fine here.

So, I would not see any reason why these rules would make the license
non-DFSG.

Cheers

Ole

Frederic Bonnard <frediz@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> Hi everybody,
> I'm wondering if an agreement meets the DFSG during the packaging
> process of a library called libvecpf. It's under GPLv2.1+ but there are
> 2 additional files which are agreements.
> Depending if you are an individual contributor or a corporate one :
> - https://github.com/Libvecpf/libvecpf/blob/master/ICLA.txt
> - https://github.com/Libvecpf/libvecpf/blob/master/CCLA.txt
>
> I see amongst some problems with :
> - contributor must fill, sign and send the agreement
> - reveal his identity
> - notify the Libvecpf Maintainer of any facts or circumstances of which You
>   become aware that would make these representations inaccurate in any respect.
>
> Can anybody confirm those points ? (maybe others ?)
> If so, what could be changed to make it DFSG compliant ?
> Thanks for any help.
> Regards,
>
> F.