Is there a pull request template that does this?

  • ShustOne@lemmy.one
    2·
    10 months ago

    I’d really advise against forcing all code contributions to be copyrighted to you. It doesn’t send a great message to contributors. It also gets murky if any libraries are used.

  • hperrin@lemmy.world
    1·
    10 months ago

    If you want that, you’ll get fewer contributors, but just make that explicitly clear in your pull request template.

    Personally, I would never contribute to a project where the maintainer demanded I transfer copyright ownership of my contributions. I also wouldn’t use a project that did that, and would advise other people to not use that project either.

  • tiny@midwest.socialEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    Not saying I’m a fan but you I think you are looking for a CLA or contributor license agreement

    • Octorine@midwest.socialEnglish
      0·
      10 months ago

      Some GPL projects do it. If you find someone infringing, it’s easier to sue them if you have one copywrite holder instead of 100.

      • NekkoDroid@programming.dev
        0·
        10 months ago

        Generally the only groups I would maybe since such a CLA in regard to the GPL is: the FSF and the Linux Foundation. Anybody else (especially individuals I don’t know) I wouldn’t sign any CLA unless my contribution is like a 1 off, trivial patch.