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+== How to tell if contributing to a FLOSS project is doomed to FAIL ==
+
+=== Contributor License Agreements ===
+ - Your project requires a CLA: 10 points of FAIL
+ - The CLA donates code to a for-profit who competes with potential contributors: +50 points of FAIL
+ - The CLA doesn't give full rights on the contribution back to the contributor: +100 points of FAIL
+
+=== Review process ===
+ - Code review process is not documented [+10 points of FAIL]
+ - Current review process differ from documentation [+5 points of FAIL]
+ - Simple patches require the agreement of multiple maintainers [+20 points of FAIL]
+ - Review process requires filing a ticket in a bug tracker for each patch [+20 points of FAIL]
+ - Patches must be reviewed in a bug tracker [+50 points of FAIL]
+ - Patches must be thrown at a review system or mailing-list, without naming a specific reviewer [+100 points of FAIL]
+ - Large portions of your code base have no designated maintainer [+50 points of FAIL]
+ - A clear maintainer exists, but is inactive, unresponsive or unwilling to review patches [+100 points of FAIL]
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