Contributor License Agreement

[jdsika]

Hi team,

MCAP is still referencing a CLA in its readme here:

License
MIT License. Contributors are required to accept the Contributor License Agreement.

The CLA repository does not exist anymore. Was this requirement removed from the MCAP project as it was originally designed to protect the right of Foxglove to conduct a relicensing on Foxglove Studio and is now considered not needed anymore?

We at BMW would highly appreciate following a standard open source process within the MCAP repository which does only e.g. require a standard DCO in combination with the MIT license (and a code of codunct plus contributing guidelines). We are currently evaluating the legal requirements for a compliant collaborative work on MCAP. This would allow us to promote the usage of the MCAP format especially in the landscape of European research projects.

I would be happy to engage in a discussion regarding those requirements via email/teams and document the results here for the community to see. Feel free to contact me carlo.van-driesten@bmw.de

Best regards
Carlo

[amacneil]

Hi @jdsika

We recently removed the CLA requirement from MCAP and other Foxglove repos. I didn't see that it was still referenced in the readme, but have updated it along with some additional context.

• Remove CLA comment from readme #1207

[jdsika]

Thank you very much! I think it will help the adoption of MCAP. I am looking forward to deepen the collaboration.

One side note:
When citing the project you could think about a formulation that clearly states the original authorship of Foxglove but expresses the transition into a collaborative effort.