Contribution Policies for
Open Source Projects

Richard Fontana

LinuxCon 2010

Contribution Policies

Inbound = Outbound

Copyright Assignment

CLAs

Miscellaneous

The Case Against © Assignment

The Case For © Assignment

Enforcement Argument

Joint Works

Joinder of Necessary Parties

Standing

What About CLAs?

Red Hat's Experience

Fedora ICLA

FPCA (2010)

Other Projects

Red Hat as Contributor

Conclusions

The End

Thank you!

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