March 7, 2013
12:06 a.m.
Steven D'Aprano writes:
Pardon my ignorance, but how does a CLA protect us in the event of an IP violation?
By licensing the content to the PSF, the contributor implicitly claims that he has the right to do so (I think the AFL even has an explicit provenance clause). This protects the PSF against criminal infringement and statutory damages for copyright violation (which require wilful infringement). I don't know it if helps for patent infringement.