CLAs, DCOs and FOSS Licenses - noosphere-org/placeholder GitHub Wiki
There are some important decisions in the process of opening the Nooron code up.
- Which license to use? GPLx, MIT, Apache, etc
- How to handle the IP declarations for contributions? DCO, CLA
The Linux DCO, which is in broad use.
GitLab's analysis which occasioned their move from CLA to DCO:
Some perspectives to consider are:
This post links to the contribution policy pages of many big projects:
As of 2019-03-22 Shawn is liking the GPL3 & Linux DCO combination for Nooron, in his name.
DCO's are typicaly engaged by contributors in their commit comments. Some clarification of the techniques involved is needed.