[codexb]

CLA's are common on projects with corporate contributions because they prevent open source from being accused of stealing IP. You need to sign a CLA to contribute to linux for example, and there are separate CLA's for users and for companies.

[CameronNemo]

Where are you getting this information? Linux has a DCO-requirement, but AFAIK there is no CLA.

Signed-off-by: someone who has a recent commit in the kernel and did not sign a CLA.