From 9cb87091e17f2674bff6e2230cea9321573754f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mdecimus Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2024 11:22:29 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] CLA -> FLA --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 22 +++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index ec659418..0d178222 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -1,16 +1,24 @@ # Contributing -When contributing to this repository, please first discuss the change you wish to make via issue, -email, or any other method with the owners of this repository before making a change. +When contributing to this repository, please first discuss the change you wish to make via issue, email, or any other method with the owners of this repository before making a change. Please note we have a code of conduct, please follow it in all your interactions with the project. -## Any contributions you make will be under AGPL +## Licensing -This software is licensed under the Affero General Public License (AGPL). Any contributions made to -this project will be under this license. Before any contributions can be made, contributors are -required to sign a Contributor License Agreement (CLA). The purpose of the agreement is to clarify -and document the rights granted by contributors to us. +This project is licensed under the Affero General Public License (AGPL) version 3.0. By contributing to this project, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the AGPL-3.0 license. + +## Fiduciary Contributor License Agreement + +Before making any contributions, all contributors are required to sign the Fiduciary Contributor License Agreement (FLA). The FLA is a legal agreement that assigns the copyright of contributions to a designated fiduciary, who manages these rights on behalf of the project. This arrangement ensures that the software remains free and open, even as contributors come and go. + +Key points of the FLA: + +- Ensures the software remains free and open source +- Protects the project from potential copyright issues +- Includes a reversion clause: if the fiduciary violates Free Software principles, rights revert to the original contributors + +For more details about FLA, please refer to the [FLA FAQ](https://fsfe.org/activities/fla/fla.en.html). ## Pull Request Process