Speaking of bother, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7079728 (I wonder what the version with full scorn said?)
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The original first sentence was somewhat stronger than 'This is incorrect' IIRC.
I do sometimes see Red Hat being cited gratuitously as an example of a company that generally uses CLAs or that 'needs' CLAs - I was particularly bothered by a mailing list posting by Jesse Noller where he cited Red Hat of all companies as justification for why the Python Software Foundation needs its contributor agreement when someone in the Python community raised questions or concerns about it.
I do sometimes see Red Hat being cited gratuitously as an example of a company that generally uses CLAs or that 'needs' CLAs - I was particularly bothered by a mailing list posting by Jesse Noller where he cited Red Hat of all companies as justification for why the Python Software Foundation needs its contributor agreement when someone in the Python community raised questions or concerns about it.
Richard Fontana at 2014-01-20T13:08:43Z
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