CLA is broken (was: Re: packages without internet source in fedora)

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello,

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 12:00:30PM -0400, seth vidal wrote:
> 2. Contributor Grant of License. You hereby grant to Red Hat, Inc., on
> behalf of the Project, and to recipients of software distributed by the
> Project: 
> 
>       * (a) a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, fully paid-up,
>         royalty free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce,
>         prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform,
>         sublicense, and distribute your Contribution and such derivative
>         works; and, 
> 
> [...] the contributor is [...] granting a copyright LICENSE
> to red hat.

my understanding is that the contributor is granting to RH a license
to distribute, etc.  I see no reason why that right should be limited
by any other license contained within the contribution or implied by
a context.

Stepan