Fossil SCM

Clarity tweak to the "why CLA + BSD" justification in the "Fossil vs Git" doc.

wyoung 2019-07-12 13:58 UTC bsd-vs-gpl
Commit 633830fe17d64b0f754b893faa3dc7d205a97c1880e31511b761c1db31fb2e6e
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considerations pushing the organization to require one.
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Contrast a BSD-style project, where contributions are not automatically
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relicensed merely by being distributed with the preexisting BSD code.
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Such projects often require a CLA even when there is no corporate
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-overlord or commercial-use relicensing option. It is one way to ensure
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+overlord or commercial-use relicensing option in order to ensure
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that all contributions are compatibly licensed with the existing body of
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code. It's a way to add a "no takebacks" clause to the basic BSD
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license. The greater necesity for having a CLA in a BSD-licensed project
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makes signing up new contributors harder.
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--- www/fossil-v-git.wiki
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313 considerations pushing the organization to require one.
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315 Contrast a BSD-style project, where contributions are not automatically
316 relicensed merely by being distributed with the preexisting BSD code.
317 Such projects often require a CLA even when there is no corporate
318 overlord or commercial-use relicensing option. It is one way to ensure
319 that all contributions are compatibly licensed with the existing body of
320 code. It's a way to add a "no takebacks" clause to the basic BSD
321 license. The greater necesity for having a CLA in a BSD-licensed project
322 makes signing up new contributors harder.
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--- www/fossil-v-git.wiki
+++ www/fossil-v-git.wiki
@@ -313,11 +313,11 @@
313 considerations pushing the organization to require one.
314
315 Contrast a BSD-style project, where contributions are not automatically
316 relicensed merely by being distributed with the preexisting BSD code.
317 Such projects often require a CLA even when there is no corporate
318 overlord or commercial-use relicensing option in order to ensure
319 that all contributions are compatibly licensed with the existing body of
320 code. It's a way to add a "no takebacks" clause to the basic BSD
321 license. The greater necesity for having a CLA in a BSD-licensed project
322 makes signing up new contributors harder.
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