Suppose I want my project to have as many contributors as possible. Generally do you think more people are inclined to contribute (upstream) if the code is permissive or copyleft or do you think it doesn’t really matter?
Suppose I want my project to have as many contributors as possible. Generally do you think more people are inclined to contribute (upstream) if the code is permissive or copyleft or do you think it doesn’t really matter?
I am happier when I see copyleft but let’s be honest, I would contribute to an interesting, useful project regardless of MIT/GPL. Same for companies: maybe some prefer MIT, but there is no way they are not going to contribute to the Linux Kernal just because of copyleft. So bottom line is: make something that people enjoy/find useful and see contributors flocking.
CLAs are a different matte: I do not contribute to projects which ask you to assign them copyright unless I 100% trust the organisation behind them.
What does CLA mean?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contributor_License_Agreement