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

Stephen J. Turnbull stephen at xemacs.org
Wed Mar 6 23:06:10 CET 2013

Steven D'Aprano writes:

Pardon my ignorance, but how does a CLA protect us in the event of an IP violation?

By licensing the content to the PSF, the contributor implicitly claims that he has the right to do so (I think the AFL even has an explicit provenance clause). This protects the PSF against criminal infringement and statutory damages for copyright violation (which require wilful infringement).

I don't know it if helps for patent infringement.

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