CLA on Wiki

Paul W. Frields stickster at gmail.com
Sat Mar 8 19:29:14 UTC 2008


On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 13:35 +0000, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> Assume that we have been given the blessing to use a one-click agreement
> to the CLA.  No GPG required, no cumbersome signing process.  Fill in
> your personal info and click to indicate you've read and agree to the
> CLA, and create a Fedora account.
> 
> Now consider our wiki Edit screen.  Assume that Legal really wants us to
> have CLA agreement for anyone editing the wiki.  We want that process to
> be as low-drag as possible.  So imagine this:
> 
> If the user hits Submit, and is not logged in, request the login, along
> with a "Create an Account (30 seconds)" link.
> 
> The link either goes to a new page, or pops up a little JavaScripty,
> Web2.0-y box that collects the minimum info needed for FAS2.  A link is
> included to the CLA and an agreement button.  The agreement and link
> appear *above* the button:
> 
>  "I have read and agree to the terms of the
>   [Fedora Contributor License Agreement].
>   [I agree]"
> 
> Upon creation of the account, the user is returned to their edit without
> losing his work, and can then submit it:
> 
>  "By pressing 'Submit', you agree to the
>   terms of the [WikiLicense].
>   [Submit]  [Cancel]"
> 
> Seeing as how basically everyone does it -- how hard is this in Moin?
> In MediaWiki?

I'm going to put this in as a ticket, if that's preferable.

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