Re: Does Bodhi need to be covered by the FPCA?

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On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 10:57:08AM -0400, Tom Callaway wrote:
> On 03/28/2017 10:52 AM, Randy Barlow wrote:
> > For a long time I didn't know that Bodhi should be covered by the FPCA
> > so some commits have gone in from contributors who don't have Fedora
> > accounts. Pierre-Yves Chibon had mentioned to me that it was required
> > for contributors to sign the FPCA, but then I forgot to check that for
> > a long time until today, resulting in even more contributions that
> > weren't covered by the FPCA.
> > 
> > I read the FPCA again today and noticed that it defines "Submit" with
> > examples that end with "version control systems administered by
> > Fedora". Though the examples do say "without limitation", the fact that
> > it doesn't just say "version control systems" seems to imply that
> > version control systems not administered by Fedora would not be
> > covered. Since Bodhi is on GitHub which is not administered by Fedora,
> > does Bodhi need FPCA for contributions? Is License In = License Out not
> > sufficient for Bodhi?
> > 
> > If it is required, what should I do about the contributors from the
> > past who hadn't agreed to the FPCA?
> > 
> > I wrote this pull request for the case that FPCA is required:
> > 
> > https://github.com/fedora-infra/bodhi/pull/1388
> 
> Since Bodhi is on GitHub, contributions to Bodhi do not require FPCA.
> License In = License Out is sufficient.

Does this imply that projects hosted at pagure.io require all
contributors to have agreed to the FPCA?

Broader question which I only bring up since I have the opportunity
do we really need the FPCA anymore for anything?

Richard
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