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We never completed that effort.\r\n\r\nThe licensing for cpp-ethereum itself has [flip-flopped a few times](https://github.com/ethereum/webthree-umbrella/commits/develop/LICENSE) and we aren't in a particular clear state right at the moment.   To my knowledge we have never had a Contributor License Agreement (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contributor_License_Agreement) as is standard on many open source projects.\r\n\r\n*The purpose of a CLA is to ensure that the guardian of a project's outputs has the necessary ownership or grants of rights over all contributions to allow them to distribute under the chosen licence.*\r\n\r\nWith more and more projects looking to build on top of Ethereum, it is important that we have appropriate licensing and most important CLARITY of licensing :-)\r\n\r\nIn particular, we have an opportunity for Ethereum to become a foundational piece of Hyperledger, following Vitalik's [very successful presentation to the Hyperledger Tech Steering Committee in April](http://www.coindesk.com/vitalik-buterin-addresses-hyperledger-possible-ethereum-integration/), but that cannot happen while we have ambiguity of licensing and copyright.\r\n\r\nHow fantastic would it be if Ethereum could become the basis of a \"Linux-like-techbase for blockchain\" which could be used as a de-facto standard for both public and private/consortium chains?\r\n\r\nAnyway - first things first!\r\n\r\nBefore anything, though, I want to open the communication lines with all the contributors, so that you can be part of this process to get us to \"known status\".     I will include you all on this issue.\r\n\r\nIf you have contributed to cpp-ethereum, please could I ask that you add yourself to the Pirate Pad below with your Github login, name and your preferred e-mail address which you can be contacted at?    If you want to use a pseudonym, that is fine.    I just need to be able to talk to you all for now :-)\r\n\r\nhttp://piratepad.net/g9A0NTQjcI\r\n\r\nThanks, everyone!\r\n\r\n# SCRUB THAT!\r\n\r\nUsing the Wiki instead now - https://github.com/ethereum/webthree-umbrella/wiki/Contributors\n\n_Copied from original issue: ethereum/webthree-umbrella#530_"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/cpp-ethereum/issues/comments/242651838","html_url":"https://github.com/ethereum/cpp-ethereum/issues/3218#issuecomment-242651838","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/cpp-ethereum/issues/3218","id":242651838,"user":{"login":"bobsummerwill","id":3788156,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3788156?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/bobsummerwill","html_url":"https://github.com/bobsummerwill","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bobsummerwill/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bobsummerwill/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bobsummerwill/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bobsummerwill/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bobsummerwill/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bobsummerwill/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bobsummerwill/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bobsummerwill/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bobsummerwill/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-08-26T07:31:19Z","updated_at":"2016-08-26T07:31:19Z","body":"_From @guanqun on May 27, 2016 5:37_\n\nAdded to the privatepad, as someone mentioned, I also agree to license my contributions under whatever license you want."}}
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