[TYPO3-team-core-v5] Contributor License Agreement

[Bernhard Kraft]

Am 2010-08-04 14:58, schrieb Robert Lemke:

> I think it's good that you question the CLA before signing it - I did so as well.

Anyways, What happens if I make contributions and have not signed the CLA?

I ask this because I already made 1 (in words: "one") ;) contribution to 
extbase. I think this could act as a real world example of some things 
which could happen:

http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=11079
(Posted on 13th of May 2009)

This is a bug in the caching framework backported from v5. I made a 
patch and submitted it to the T3 bugtracker. Altough there has been a 
report by someone else (Vladimir Podkovanov) before:

http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=11018
(Posted on 1th of May 2009)

My bug tracker entry included a patch. I commited the patch to v4 core 
on 19th of May 2009. I do not know if this got fixed in v5 core until 
know. But I think this should be the case.


So this issue could act as some kind of "test case" for the lawyers. I 
did not have signed any CLA, but my contribution got (probably) included 
in v5 code ... Ironically I also posted a test case for the above 
problem/bug on 19th of May 2009.

So what is if someone finds a bug in v5, posts a bugfix. Are you not 
allowed (or willing) to include a bugfix until one signs a CLA?

I think with GPL software it is stated somewhere, that you accept all 
your contribution are also licensed under the GPL. So if you submit a 
bugfix for some GPL project you accept the GPL silently. This is like if 
you drive a car: You accept the road traffic laws ( 
"the-law-of-the-street" ;) Straßenverkehrsordnung) without having signed 
any contract.


Official grant: But hereby i grant you all rights to do with this patch 
whatever you want and license it under whatever license you want.

Humorous grant: But hereby i generously(!!) grant you all rights to do 
with this patch whatever you want, license it under whatever license you 
want or even print it out and decorate your walls with it!



greets,
Bernhard