Why do I need to sign a Contributor License Agreement to contribute source code?
Before we can accept contributions, as an open source project, we’re need to ensure there isn’t any ambiguity on the ownership of material committed to the project. Therefore, before we can incorporate your code, we need to have a Contributor License Agreement in place. For background on our reasons for doing this, please see http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/cla.xml. We’ve adopted to use the Sun Microsystems Contributer Agreement (yes, we know they are now Oracle, but we’re using the agreement that Sun had published) as it provides for joint ownership. Except as set out in the agreement, you (and your employer if you have an intellectual property agreement in place) keep all right, title, and interest in your contribution. Please read over the Contributor Agreement and, if you (and your employer) are in agreement with its terms, then sign, scan, and e-mail a copy back to Fred Dixon (ffdixon at bigbluebutton dot org). Note: The agreement is currently between you (and your employer)
