From f8d32f26b41597c8f789b4b9f686db76f149df8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Abrich Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:54:20 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] docs: record that the CLA is published, not under consideration This file said a Contributor License Agreement was under consideration and had not been adopted. It is published in openadapt-flow#420. Point at both the individual and corporate texts, and say plainly that it is not enforced here yet and that opening a pull request does not sign it. Requires review by qualified legal counsel before it is relied upon. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 Signed-off-by: Richard Abrich --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index a2bbedc8b..4126cb8ba 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -88,8 +88,24 @@ that you wrote the contribution or otherwise have the right to submit it under the MIT License. Signing off your commits (`git commit -s`) is appreciated but the certification applies to every contribution regardless. -A Contributor License Agreement (CLA) is under consideration but has not -been adopted; today the DCO plus the MIT License govern contributions. +## Contributor License Agreement + +A Contributor License Agreement is published: +[`openadapt-flow/CLA.md`](https://github.com/OpenAdaptAI/openadapt-flow/blob/main/CLA.md) +for individuals, and +[`openadapt-flow/CCLA.md`](https://github.com/OpenAdaptAI/openadapt-flow/blob/main/CCLA.md) +for companies whose employees contribute on company time. It gives MLDSAI Inc. +an explicit copyright and patent license, which the MIT License alone doesn't +provide, and it keeps the option of relicensing the combined work later. + +It is not enforced here yet. You don't agree to it by opening a pull request, +and nothing is implied. You agree when you sign, either through the automated +CLA check once that check is turned on for this repository, or by email. Until +then the DCO and the MIT License are what govern your contribution. + +The open-core boundary above is the reason this matters. Your contribution may +end up in the proprietary products MLDSAI Inc. builds on this code. The MIT +License already permits that. The CLA says it out loud so nobody is surprised. ## Questions?