== 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
+ * Your project requires a CLA [+10 points of FAIL]
* The CLA donates code to a for-profit [+20 points of FAIL]
- * The CLA donates code to an entity whch competes with other potential contributors: +50 points of FAIL
- * The CLA doesn't give full rights on the contribution back to the contributor: +100 points of FAIL
+ * The CLA donates code to an entity whch competes with other potential contributors [+50 points of FAIL]
+ * The CLA doesn't give full rights on the contribution back to the contributor [+100 points of FAIL]
=== Code review process ===
* Review process is not discoverable nor documented [+10 points of FAIL]
- * Current review process differ from documentation [+5 points of FAIL]
+ * Current review process differs 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]
+ * Large portions of your codebase have no designated maintainer [+50 points of FAIL]
+ * The core maintainer is rude / offensive / abusive (aka a "jerk") [+50 points of fail]
+ * A clear maintainer exists, but is inactive or unresponsive [+100 points of FAIL]
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