[Python-Dev] Introducing Electronic Contributor Agreements

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:46:48 -0500
Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
> On 3/4/2013 11:36 AM, Brett Cannon wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Brian Curtin <brian at python.org
> > <mailto:brian at python.org>> wrote:
> >
> >     The full announcement is at
> >     http://blog.python.org/2013/03/introducing-electronic-contributor.html,
> >     but a summary follows.
> >
> >     We've now moved to an electronic Contributor License Agreement form at
> >     http://www.python.org/psf/contrib/contrib-form/ which will hopefully
> >     ease the signing and sending of forms for our potential contributors.
> >     The form shows the required fields whether you're signing as an
> >     individual or a representative of an organization, and removes the
> >     need to print, scan, fax, etc.
> >
> >     When a new contributor fills in the form, they are emailed a copy of
> >     the form and asked to confirm the email address that they used (and
> >     received that copy at). Upon confirming, the signed form is sent to
> >     the PSF Administrator and filed away.
> >
> >     The signature can either be generated from your typed name, or you can
> >     draw or upload your actual written signature if you choose.
> >
> >
> > With this in place I would like to propose that all patches submitted to
> > bugs.python.org <http://bugs.python.org> must come from someone who has
> > signed the CLA before we consider committing it (if you want to be truly
> > paranoid we could say that we won't even look at the code w/o a CLA).
> 
> Either policy could be facilitated by tracker changes. In order to see 
> the file upload box, one must login and the tracker knows who has a CLA 
> on file (as indicated by a * suffix on the name). If a file is uploaded 
> by someone without, a box could popup with the link to the e-form and a 
> message that a CLA is required.

And how about people who upload something else than a patch?

Regards

Antoine.