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by bmitc 1032 days ago
How is a software license not a legal contract? Everywhere I've seen treats it as such.

A normal CLA is just making things that are implicit when contributing code explicit. It is a clarifying statement and agreement on who maintains control. So if the complaint is that CLAs force you and your company or institution to be explicit when contributing code, then I'm not sure I understand the complaint.