Hi devs,

I'd like to propose the following:
* That we start asking for a CLA for contributions (and also for current 
committers)
* That we keep the process lightweight in order to not make it harder to 
contribute to the xwiki project. For this I propose to use 
http://www.clahub.com/  

In order to understand why we need a CLA read:
* http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/cla
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contributor_License_Agreement

If we agree we then need to define our CLA. I think a good starting point could 
be the Node.js one:
http://nodejs.org/cla.html

Now I don't think the CLA will have any legal value if we cannot define "the 
XWiki project" as a legal entity.

Thus I believe we need to start by joining some foundation or creating one.

I'll list some easy possibilities:
* SF Conservancy: http://sfconservancy.org/members/current/
* SPI: http://www.spi-inc.org/projects/
* Create our own Not for profit association

Harder possibilities (need to change license, rename project, etc):
* Join ASF
* Join Eclipse (and be forced to use bugzilla as the issue tracker ;))

We also need to check if OW2 could offer that service of being a legal entity 
for XWiki.

Personally I'm tempted more by our own association (it's quite easy to create 
one if we don't need to accept money and a bit more complex if we want to 
accept money but still doable). My second choice goes to SFC.

WDYT?

Thanks
-Vincent

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