Why would I ever need to sign such s thing? If I contribute to an open source project, isn't it obvious that I agree to publish my code under whichever license the project is published under?

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[–] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No. A contributor might not like if they are not told the contract, if for example the contract allows for commercial use and the contributor is against it.

[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But how about the case where the project is on GitHub and contains a LICENSE.txt file on the top level? Then the contract is obvious by the license, right? Say the license is MIT, then they publish their code under MIT automatically?

[–] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

The License file IS the contract. By contributing, you agree on the contents of LICENSE.txt legally.