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On August 17, 2014 at 2:55:10 PM, Stefan Monnier (monnier=40iro.umontreal=
.ca) wrote:
> You=E2=80=99ll also have to stop accepting non-trivial contributions fr=
om=C2=A0
> people who haven=E2=80=99t signed the document.=C2=A0

Not quite, no. You simply have to ask them to sign the=C2=A0
copyright paperwork. Most people are willing to do that in my experience.=
=C2=A0


Stefan=C2=A0
My point isn=E2=80=99t that people aren=E2=80=99t willing sign the copyri=
ght agreement in principle, but that many people will not be thrilled to

deal with a *paper* copyright agreement that they have to send via standa=
rd mail and wait for a couple of weeks to get

back a response, just to get a tiny fix/change accepted. I think that GNU=
 projects would benefit a lot from a contributor agreement that can be

signed digitally. (Clojure=E2=80=99s development recently switched to dig=
ital contributor agreements and the number of people who signed the agree=
ment skyrocketed).



People hate dealing with paperwork and that=E2=80=99s a fact of life...
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<html><head><style>body=7Bfont-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px=7D</=
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omfont=22 style=3D=22font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: r=
gba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;=22>On August 17, 2014 at =
2:55:10 PM, Stefan Monnier (<a href=3D=22mailto:monnier=40iro.umontreal.c=
a=22>monnier=40iro.umontreal.ca</a>) wrote:</div> <div><blockquote type=3D=
=22cite=22 class=3D=22clean=5Fbq=22 style=3D=22color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-=
family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-varia=
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mal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: =
none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-=
stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);=22><span><div><d=
iv></div><div>&gt; You=E2=80=99ll also have to stop accepting non-trivial=
 contributions from<span class=3D=22Apple-converted-space=22>&nbsp;</span=
><br>&gt; people who haven=E2=80=99t signed the document.<span class=3D=22=
Apple-converted-space=22>&nbsp;</span><br><br>Not quite, no. You simply h=
ave to ask them to sign the<span class=3D=22Apple-converted-space=22>&nbs=
p;</span><br>copyright paperwork. Most people are willing to do that in m=
y experience.<span class=3D=22Apple-converted-space=22>&nbsp;</span><br><=
br><br>Stefan<span class=3D=22Apple-converted-space=22>&nbsp;</span></div=
></div></span></blockquote></div><p>My point isn=E2=80=99t that people ar=
en=E2=80=99t willing sign the copyright agreement in principle, but that =
many people will not be thrilled to</p><p>deal with a *paper* copyright a=
greement that they have to send via standard mail and wait for a couple o=
f weeks to get</p><p>back a response, just to get a tiny fix/change accep=
ted. I think that GNU projects would benefit a lot from a contributor agr=
eement that can be</p><p>signed digitally. (Clojure=E2=80=99s development=
 recently switched to digital contributor agreements and the number of pe=
ople who signed the agreement skyrocketed).</p><p><br></p><p>People hate =
dealing with paperwork and that=E2=80=99s a fact of life...</p></body></h=
tml>
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