# Can I copy the Discourse CLA for my own project? **URL:** \ **Category:** Development\ **Created:** [27 Agosto 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-copy-the-discourse-cla-for-my-own-project/49327 "2016-08-27T20:58:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![KajMagnus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/kajmagnus/32/49264_2.png) [@KajMagnus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KajMagnus)\ **Post date:** [6 Dicembre 2016, 4:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-copy-the-discourse-cla-for-my-own-project/49327/5 "2016-12-06T04:02:10Z")
@GamePad64 I think you can use Ghost’s CLA: [Ghost/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md at main · TryGhost/Ghost · GitHub](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) it is similar to Discource’s CLA, but shorter (Discourse’s CLA has a dedicated section about patents, and also a section that promises that the code will remain open source). Ghost’s CLA mentions MIT though but you can just change to GPL I suppose. Apparently Ghost’s CLA is licensed under MIT, because in the same repo, in the readme: [Ghost/README.md at main · TryGhost/Ghost · GitHub](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/blob/master/README.md) _“Copyright (c) 2013-2016 Ghost Foundation - Released under the MIT license.”_ — which means the CLA is licensed under MIT, right? since it’s in the same repo. Actually Discourse’s CLA and Ghost’s CLA are almost completely word-by-word identical (except for Discourse’s CLA having some additional sections). Perhaps Discourse based their CLA on Ghost’s CLA? — since Ghost’s CLA is aparently licensed under MIT. Or perhaps both Discourse and Ghost hired the same lawyers (which doesn’t seem unlikely to me). _[Edit: See Sam’s comment below about jQuery (not Ghost)]_ --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-copy-the-discourse-cla-for-my-own-project/49327)._