# CLA sign required even for tiny typo fix?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cla-sign-required-even-for-tiny-typo-fix/18528>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 8, 2014, 11:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cla-sign-required-even-for-tiny-typo-fix/18528 "2014-07-08T11:27:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 11:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cla-sign-required-even-for-tiny-typo-fix/18528/1 "2014-07-08T11:27:54Z")

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Hi,

> **[Red Hat, Joyent, and others break down licensing barriers](https://www.infoworld.com/article/2608020/open-source-software/red-hat--joyent--and-others-break-down-licensing-barriers.html)**
>
> What do JBoss, Node.js and Tesla Motors have in common? They all want you to innovate without asking first!

May be some companies showing what the future trend will be? 🙂

(yes, I am biased, I work for one of the companies listed in the blog post)

Regards,  
Lukas

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**Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 11:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cla-sign-required-even-for-tiny-typo-fix/18528/2 "2014-07-08T11:33:19Z")

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I'd support this for what it's worth 🙂

Regards,  
Mark Walkom

Infrastructure Engineer  
Campaign Monitor  
email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com)  
web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com)

On 8 July 2014 21:27, Lukáš Vlček [lukas.vlcek@gmail.com](mailto:lukas.vlcek@gmail.com) wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> [Red Hat, Joyent, and others break down licensing barriers | InfoWorld](http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/red-hat-joyent-and-others-break-down-licensing-barriers-244727)
> 
> May be some companies showing what the future trend will be? 🙂
> 
> (yes, I am biased, I work for one of the companies listed in the blog post)
> 
> Regards,  
> Lukas
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**Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cla-sign-required-even-for-tiny-typo-fix/18528/3 "2014-07-08T16:12:39Z")

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Elasticsearch as a company is relatively new, so I hope it will adjust its  
practices, not just the CLA, as time goes on. The codebase has been  
evolving so rapidly, that I would assume they are working on the code and  
the revenue stream and not its licensing model.

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On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 4:33 AM, Mark Walkom [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com)  
wrote:

> I'd support this for what it's worth 🙂
> 
> Regards,  
> Mark Walkom
> 
> Infrastructure Engineer  
> Campaign Monitor  
> email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com)  
> web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com)
> 
> On 8 July 2014 21:27, Lukáš Vlček [lukas.vlcek@gmail.com](mailto:lukas.vlcek@gmail.com) wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > [Red Hat, Joyent, and others break down licensing barriers | InfoWorld](http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/red-hat-joyent-and-others-break-down-licensing-barriers-244727)
> > 
> > May be some companies showing what the future trend will be? 🙂
> > 
> > (yes, I am biased, I work for one of the companies listed in the blog  
> > post)
> > 
> > Regards,  
> > Lukas
> > 
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**Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cla-sign-required-even-for-tiny-typo-fix/18528/4 "2014-07-08T17:19:33Z")

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Ivan,

I think it is mostly about lowering the barrier for contributors regarding  
small updates ("so you found a missing comma in guide example and you want  
to fix it") and saving resources on the company side with CLA maintenance.  
As a company you can always explicitly ask for CLA sign in individual  
cases. As a result you end up with more resources for the other things.  
Anyway, I just wanted to point this out for inspiration.

Regards,  
Lukas

On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 6:12 PM, Ivan Brusic [ivan@brusic.com](mailto:ivan@brusic.com) wrote:

> Elasticsearch as a company is relatively new, so I hope it will adjust its  
> practices, not just the CLA, as time goes on. The codebase has been  
> evolving so rapidly, that I would assume they are working on the code and  
> the revenue stream and not its licensing model.
> 
> --  
> Ivan
> 
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 4:33 AM, Mark Walkom [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com)  
> wrote:
> 
> > I'd support this for what it's worth 🙂
> > 
> > Regards,  
> > Mark Walkom
> > 
> > Infrastructure Engineer  
> > Campaign Monitor  
> > email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com)  
> > web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com)
> > 
> > On 8 July 2014 21:27, Lukáš Vlček [lukas.vlcek@gmail.com](mailto:lukas.vlcek@gmail.com) wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > [Red Hat, Joyent, and others break down licensing barriers | InfoWorld](http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/red-hat-joyent-and-others-break-down-licensing-barriers-244727)
> > > 
> > > May be some companies showing what the future trend will be? 🙂
> > > 
> > > (yes, I am biased, I work for one of the companies listed in the blog  
> > > post)
> > > 
> > > Regards,  
> > > Lukas
> > > 
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**Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cla-sign-required-even-for-tiny-typo-fix/18528/5 "2014-07-08T18:51:06Z")

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We can’t start to differentiate between one contribution or the other, cause then we start a different discussion, to where does the line goes. Its simpler to have a consistent message.

Btw, our CLA is explicitly very lightweight, and it aims at protecting the contributors as well. Its quite tricky legally, but this is the spirit (of the stricter) Apache CLA as well.

I would personally not use either Joynet or JBoss as the beacon to follow on such issues. Obviously, if this spreads, then I will make sure we study the legal aspects of it, from both contributors _and users_ perspective.

On Jul 8, 2014, at 19:19, Lukáš Vlček [lukas.vlcek@gmail.com](mailto:lukas.vlcek@gmail.com) wrote:

> Ivan,
> 
> I think it is mostly about lowering the barrier for contributors regarding small updates ("so you found a missing comma in guide example and you want to fix it") and saving resources on the company side with CLA maintenance. As a company you can always explicitly ask for CLA sign in individual cases. As a result you end up with more resources for the other things. Anyway, I just wanted to point this out for inspiration.
> 
> Regards,  
> Lukas
> 
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 6:12 PM, Ivan Brusic [ivan@brusic.com](mailto:ivan@brusic.com) wrote:  
> Elasticsearch as a company is relatively new, so I hope it will adjust its practices, not just the CLA, as time goes on. The codebase has been evolving so rapidly, that I would assume they are working on the code and the revenue stream and not its licensing model.
> 
> --  
> Ivan
> 
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 4:33 AM, Mark Walkom [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com) wrote:  
> I'd support this for what it's worth 🙂
> 
> Regards,  
> Mark Walkom
> 
> Infrastructure Engineer  
> Campaign Monitor  
> email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com)  
> web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com)
> 
> On 8 July 2014 21:27, Lukáš Vlček [lukas.vlcek@gmail.com](mailto:lukas.vlcek@gmail.com) wrote:  
> Hi,
> 
> [Red Hat, Joyent, and others break down licensing barriers | InfoWorld](http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/red-hat-joyent-and-others-break-down-licensing-barriers-244727)
> 
> May be some companies showing what the future trend will be? 🙂
> 
> (yes, I am biased, I work for one of the companies listed in the blog post)
> 
> Regards,  
> Lukas
> 
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Great to see kimchy posting again!

On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote:

> We can’t start to differentiate between one contribution or the other,  
> cause then we start a different discussion, to where does the line goes.  
> Its simpler to have a consistent message.
> 
> Btw, our CLA is explicitly very lightweight, and it aims at protecting the  
> contributors as well. Its quite tricky legally, but this is the spirit (of  
> the stricter) Apache CLA as well.
> 
> I would personally not use either Joynet or JBoss as the beacon to follow  
> on such issues. Obviously, if this spreads, then I will make sure we study  
> the legal aspects of it, from both contributors _and users_ perspective.
> 
> On Jul 8, 2014, at 19:19, Lukáš Vlček [lukas.vlcek@gmail.com](mailto:lukas.vlcek@gmail.com) wrote:
> 
> Ivan,
> 
> I think it is mostly about lowering the barrier for contributors regarding  
> small updates ("so you found a missing comma in guide example and you want  
> to fix it") and saving resources on the company side with CLA maintenance.  
> As a company you can always explicitly ask for CLA sign in individual  
> cases. As a result you end up with more resources for the other things.  
> Anyway, I just wanted to point this out for inspiration.
> 
> Regards,  
> Lukas
> 
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 6:12 PM, Ivan Brusic [ivan@brusic.com](mailto:ivan@brusic.com) wrote:
> 
> > Elasticsearch as a company is relatively new, so I hope it will adjust  
> > its practices, not just the CLA, as time goes on. The codebase has been  
> > evolving so rapidly, that I would assume they are working on the code and  
> > the revenue stream and not its licensing model.
> > 
> > --  
> > Ivan
> > 
> > On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 4:33 AM, Mark Walkom [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com)  
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > I'd support this for what it's worth 🙂
> > > 
> > > Regards,  
> > > Mark Walkom
> > > 
> > > Infrastructure Engineer  
> > > Campaign Monitor  
> > > email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com)  
> > > web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com)
> > > 
> > > On 8 July 2014 21:27, Lukáš Vlček [lukas.vlcek@gmail.com](mailto:lukas.vlcek@gmail.com) wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > [Red Hat, Joyent, and others break down licensing barriers | InfoWorld](http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/red-hat-joyent-and-others-break-down-licensing-barriers-244727)
> > > > 
> > > > May be some companies showing what the future trend will be? 🙂
> > > > 
> > > > (yes, I am biased, I work for one of the companies listed in the blog  
> > > > post)
> > > > 
> > > > Regards,  
> > > > Lukas
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Shay,

I think it is not fair to say that JBoss is trying to be the beacon here  
(my formulation could make it sound like that in my initial post - sorry  
about that), it is more about JBoss catching up with the rest of the  
company (i.e. Red Hat). See the below link for more details:

> **[Why Foundations, Trade Associations and other Walled Gardens Cling to CLAs](https://cloud.redhat.com/blog/keep-calm-and-merge-on-lowering-barriers-to-open-source-contributions-with-apache-v2)**
>
> Learn more about Open Source Contributions with Apache V2 and why contributor license agreements (CLAs) are often not necessary.

Regards,  
Lukas

On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote:

> We can’t start to differentiate between one contribution or the other,  
> cause then we start a different discussion, to where does the line goes.  
> Its simpler to have a consistent message.
> 
> Btw, our CLA is explicitly very lightweight, and it aims at protecting the  
> contributors as well. Its quite tricky legally, but this is the spirit (of  
> the stricter) Apache CLA as well.
> 
> I would personally not use either Joynet or JBoss as the beacon to follow  
> on such issues. Obviously, if this spreads, then I will make sure we study  
> the legal aspects of it, from both contributors _and users_ perspective.
> 
> On Jul 8, 2014, at 19:19, Lukáš Vlček [lukas.vlcek@gmail.com](mailto:lukas.vlcek@gmail.com) wrote:
> 
> Ivan,
> 
> I think it is mostly about lowering the barrier for contributors regarding  
> small updates ("so you found a missing comma in guide example and you want  
> to fix it") and saving resources on the company side with CLA maintenance.  
> As a company you can always explicitly ask for CLA sign in individual  
> cases. As a result you end up with more resources for the other things.  
> Anyway, I just wanted to point this out for inspiration.
> 
> Regards,  
> Lukas
> 
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 6:12 PM, Ivan Brusic [ivan@brusic.com](mailto:ivan@brusic.com) wrote:
> 
> > Elasticsearch as a company is relatively new, so I hope it will adjust  
> > its practices, not just the CLA, as time goes on. The codebase has been  
> > evolving so rapidly, that I would assume they are working on the code and  
> > the revenue stream and not its licensing model.
> > 
> > --  
> > Ivan
> > 
> > On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 4:33 AM, Mark Walkom [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com)  
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > I'd support this for what it's worth 🙂
> > > 
> > > Regards,  
> > > Mark Walkom
> > > 
> > > Infrastructure Engineer  
> > > Campaign Monitor  
> > > email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com)  
> > > web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com)
> > > 
> > > On 8 July 2014 21:27, Lukáš Vlček [lukas.vlcek@gmail.com](mailto:lukas.vlcek@gmail.com) wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > [Red Hat, Joyent, and others break down licensing barriers | InfoWorld](http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/red-hat-joyent-and-others-break-down-licensing-barriers-244727)
> > > > 
> > > > May be some companies showing what the future trend will be? 🙂
> > > > 
> > > > (yes, I am biased, I work for one of the companies listed in the blog  
> > > > post)
> > > > 
> > > > Regards,  
> > > > Lukas
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I think Elasticsearch CLA is fair. It helps in extreme scenarios, for  
example if Elasticsearch had to move to a new home or umbrella and  
continue development from there, without having to ask each and every  
contributor for permission.

Also, playing devil's advocate, Elasticsearch development might be impacted  
in a negative way by people trying to file copyright infringement lawsuits  
where courts would have to rule about licenses used in the controversial  
software from many parties, if they are valid or not in an international  
context. The matter of international copyright law is very complex and full  
of pitfalls. CLA's allow to focus such lawsuits much easier to the  
individual contributor(s) of the controversial code without affecting other  
contributions. CLAs are not so bad, they fall under common law, they do not  
only protect a company, but also preserve individual contributions to an  
international software project as a long-lasting good.

Jörg

On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 10:35 PM, Lukáš Vlček [lukas.vlcek@gmail.com](mailto:lukas.vlcek@gmail.com) wrote:

> Shay,
> 
> I think it is not fair to say that JBoss is trying to be the beacon here  
> (my formulation could make it sound like that in my initial post - sorry  
> about that), it is more about JBoss catching up with the rest of the  
> company (i.e. Red Hat). See the below link for more details:
> 
> [Why Foundations, Trade Associations and other Walled Gardens Cling to CLAs](https://www.openshift.com/blogs/keep-calm-and-merge-on-lowering-barriers-to-open-source-contributions-with-apache-v2)
> 
> Regards,  
> Lukas
> 
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote:
> 
> > We can’t start to differentiate between one contribution or the other,  
> > cause then we start a different discussion, to where does the line goes.  
> > Its simpler to have a consistent message.
> > 
> > Btw, our CLA is explicitly very lightweight, and it aims at protecting  
> > the contributors as well. Its quite tricky legally, but this is the spirit  
> > (of the stricter) Apache CLA as well.
> > 
> > I would personally not use either Joynet or JBoss as the beacon to follow  
> > on such issues. Obviously, if this spreads, then I will make sure we study  
> > the legal aspects of it, from both contributors _and users_ perspective.
> > 
> > On Jul 8, 2014, at 19:19, Lukáš Vlček [lukas.vlcek@gmail.com](mailto:lukas.vlcek@gmail.com) wrote:
> > 
> > Ivan,
> > 
> > I think it is mostly about lowering the barrier for contributors  
> > regarding small updates ("so you found a missing comma in guide example and  
> > you want to fix it") and saving resources on the company side with CLA  
> > maintenance. As a company you can always explicitly ask for CLA sign in  
> > individual cases. As a result you end up with more resources for the other  
> > things. Anyway, I just wanted to point this out for inspiration.
> > 
> > Regards,  
> > Lukas
> > 
> > On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 6:12 PM, Ivan Brusic [ivan@brusic.com](mailto:ivan@brusic.com) wrote:
> > 
> > > Elasticsearch as a company is relatively new, so I hope it will adjust  
> > > its practices, not just the CLA, as time goes on. The codebase has been  
> > > evolving so rapidly, that I would assume they are working on the code and  
> > > the revenue stream and not its licensing model.
> > > 
> > > --  
> > > Ivan
> > > 
> > > On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 4:33 AM, Mark Walkom [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com)  
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I'd support this for what it's worth 🙂
> > > > 
> > > > Regards,  
> > > > Mark Walkom
> > > > 
> > > > Infrastructure Engineer  
> > > > Campaign Monitor  
> > > > email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com)  
> > > > web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com)
> > > > 
> > > > On 8 July 2014 21:27, Lukáš Vlček [lukas.vlcek@gmail.com](mailto:lukas.vlcek@gmail.com) wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > 
> > > > > [Red Hat, Joyent, and others break down licensing barriers | InfoWorld](http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/red-hat-joyent-and-others-break-down-licensing-barriers-244727)
> > > > > 
> > > > > May be some companies showing what the future trend will be? 🙂
> > > > > 
> > > > > (yes, I am biased, I work for one of the companies listed in the blog  
> > > > > post)
> > > > > 
> > > > > Regards,  
> > > > > Lukas
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