[llvm-dev] RFC #3: Improving license & patent issues in the LLVM community

[Rafael Avila de Espindola via llvm-dev]

Chris Lattner <clattner at llvm.org> writes:

> I don’t have a link off hand.  Two major points:
>
> 1) CLA’s in general require an additional approval step, which reduces contributions.

Yes, that is the cost I mention in the email. I think it is better to
take this cost than to impose a new license on the users.

> 2) The apache CLA in general gives too much power (e.g. the power to relicense arbitrarily going forward) to the organization (in this case, llvm.org <http://llvm.org/>) which can deter contributions from folks who don’t want relicensing to be a simple act.

But that is a property of only some CLAs, no? We don't need or want (I
hope) that property. We just want to make sure contributions can be used
without worrying about patents.

Cheers,
Rafael