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by tomiko_nakamura
4161 days ago
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IANAL, of course, but ... 1. There's no suitable legal entity that could receive the copyright/rights on behalf of the PostgreSQL project. There are entities handling domains/... but that's not really useful. 2. The fact that developers keep all the rights (except for implicitly allowing use by submitting the patches) makes the project immune to particular changes. For example no one can suddenly change the license used by the project - it's going to be MIT-like license forewer. 3. I really wonder how this CLA works outside USA, in countries with different copyright laws. Say, Europe, Japan, South America - where a lot of PostgreSQL contributors live. The fact that PostgreSQL has no CLA is one of the reasons why I work on this project. I'm the one who keeps copyright, etc. I'm not saying establishing a CLA would make me quit immediately. Moreover, I don't see how a CLA could be established after 15+ years of a project. |
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