{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/typelevel/cats/issues/1275","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/typelevel/cats","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/typelevel/cats/issues/1275/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/typelevel/cats/issues/1275/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/typelevel/cats/issues/1275/events","html_url":"https://github.com/typelevel/cats/issues/1275","id":170060031,"number":1275,"title":"Attribution or original author clause as part of contributor agreement","user":{"login":"jdegoes","id":156745,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/156745?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdegoes","html_url":"https://github.com/jdegoes","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdegoes/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdegoes/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdegoes/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdegoes/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdegoes/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdegoes/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdegoes/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdegoes/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdegoes/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":9,"created_at":"2016-08-09T01:04:23Z","updated_at":"2016-08-09T10:23:23Z","closed_at":null,"body":"See [here](https://twitter.com/puffnfresh/status/762790754066440192) for context.\r\n\r\nQuick thoughts:\r\n\r\n1. I'd suggest the CLA (which the project does not appear to have yet) mandate original authorship or proper attribution. Once such a policy is instantiated, every contributor could be contacted to certify original authorship or provide proper attribution, thus catching contributions up to the policy change.\r\n2. I'd also suggest amending the COC to explicitly forbid copy/paste without compatible license and proper attribution — mainly so people know that intentional or uncorrected failure to comply is grounds for ejection from the community."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/typelevel/cats/issues/comments/238513600","html_url":"https://github.com/typelevel/cats/issues/1275#issuecomment-238513600","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/typelevel/cats/issues/1275","id":238513600,"user":{"login":"fommil","id":1914041,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1914041?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/fommil","html_url":"https://github.com/fommil","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fommil/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fommil/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fommil/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fommil/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fommil/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fommil/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fommil/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fommil/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fommil/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-08-09T10:23:23Z","updated_at":"2016-08-09T10:23:23Z","body":"The scalaz license is here https://github.com/scalaz/scalaz/tree/series/7.3.x/etc but there is no license for 8.x and until there is, I recommend not deriving any works from it.\r\n\r\nThey could change to a license that is not compatible with cats. You cannot assume that the previous license applies.\r\nIndeed, they are breaking their own license terms and a disgruntled contributor could kick up a fuss about it if they wanted.\r\n\r\nAs to this ticket, I vote to close. Cats is obliging the terms of the scalaz license and this ticket has been raised by proxy. If there was concern from a copyright owner that their license is not being respected, only they can bring it up. In this case, the copyright owner has said they don't want to update the scalaz license, which means they forfeit their right to attribution in derivative works."}}
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