(off-topic) Re: [Catalyst] Preferred Ajax framework

Toby Corkindale toby at ymogen.net
Thu Jan 11 15:40:57 GMT 2007


Carl Franks wrote:
> On 11/01/07, Toby Corkindale <toby at ymogen.net> wrote:
>> ... Attempts to correct said
>> documentation by me failed, as you need to sign a disclosure saying your
>> contributions are owned by the Dojo Foundation (so they can publish a
>> book later) ...
> 
> The CLA ( http://dojotoolkit.org/icla.txt ) grants them a copyright
> license for your work.
> 
> The work is still owned by you...
> "Except for the license granted herein to the Foundation and
> recipients of software distributed by the Foundation, You reserve all
> right, title, and interest in and to Your Contributions."
> 
> You could dispute its commercial use...
> "the Foundation shall not use Your Contributions in a way that is ...
> inconsistent with its nonprofit status"
> 
> After I faxed them the CLA they commited my previous submissions, with
> no problems.

I didn't have a problem with the CLA itself.. I just couldn't be 
bothered to actually go through with the procedure to sign it.

(I only found out after I submitted stuff, so it's wasted time, but I 
didn't want to waste any more either.)



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