Episode 396 - CLAs are bad, Mkay?
Open Source Security Podcast
English - October 09, 2023 00:00 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsTechnology cybersecurity open opensource security source Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Josh and Kurt talk about contributor license agreements (CLAs). CLAs used to be seen as a necessary evil, but they're almost certainly bad now. We're seeing CLAs being abused, it's clear now anything controlled by a CLA won't be open source forever.
Show Notes A Theory of Joint Authorship for Free and Open Source Software Projects Bruce Perens: What Comes After Open Source