[Python-Dev] Introducing Electronic Contributor Agreements (original) (raw)

Brett Cannon brett at python.org
Tue Mar 5 21:22:07 CET 2013

On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Baptiste Carvello < devel at baptiste-carvello.net> wrote:

Le 05/03/2013 04:13, Stephen J. Turnbull a écrit : > Mark Lawrence writes: > > > People already use the bug tracker as an excuse not to contribute, > > wouldn't this requirement make the situation worse? > > A failure to sign the CLA is already a decision not to contribute to > the distribution

my 2 cents as an occasional contributor of minor patches: I understand that the scarce resource is reviewer time, so I would definitely accept to sign the CLA with my next contribution before a reviewer invests his time in it. However, please don't make the popup too pushy. I abhor websites which push people into entering legally binding agreements "with one click" without the opportunity to study them carefully (personnally, this would not be a problem as I already know what the CLA is about, but other contributors might not). Also, please keep the possibility to use the old paper-based signing procedure. I for one don't consider so-called "electronic signatures" based on email address verification (as opposed to real crypto) to be as good as a handwritten signature, and I don't want to legitimize them by using them.

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