Don't sign a CLA

CLAs (Contributor License Agreements) are argued to be harmful to open source contributors because they grant project maintainers unequal power, specifically the ability to relicense contributor work under more restrictive or even proprietary licenses. The Redis Labs case is cited as a real-world example of this abuse. Contributors are advised to refuse signing CLAs, as every open source license already grants the right to fork and publish changes independently. The Linux kernel's Developer Certificate of Origin is highlighted as a preferable, contributor-friendly alternative. The Apache Foundation CLA is partially critiqued, with term 2 deemed too broad.