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+# Sign the Odoo CLA
+
+In order for your contribution to Odoo to be accepted, you have to sign the
+Odoo Contributor License Agreement (CLA). More information about this
+requirement is explained in the [FAQ](#faq).
+
+## If you are an individual
+
+1.  Read the [Individual Contributor License Agreement](icla-1.0.md)
+
+2.  Modify your current pull request, or make a new pull request on
+    [odoo/odoo](/odoo/odoo), adding a new file `<github-login>.md` under the
+    [`doc/cla/individual`](individual/) directory. If your GitHub login is
+    `odony`, the file would be `doc/cla/individual/odony.md`. The file should
+    contain:
+
+```
+<country>, <date>
+
+I hereby agree to the terms of the Odoo Individual Contributor License
+Agreement v1.0.
+
+I declare that I am authorized and able to make this agreement and sign this
+declaration.
+
+Signed,
+
+<name> <git_email> https://github.com/<login>
+```
+
+    Replacing the following placeholders:
+
+    * `<country>`: your country
+    * `<date>`: current date in the form `YYYY-MM-DD`
+    * `<name>`: your name
+    * `<git_email>`: your git committer email **(use `git config user.email` to see it)**
+    * `<login>`: your GitHub login
+
+3. An Odoo R&D Team member will verify and accept your Pull Request. You can
+make other pull requests, but we won't be able to merge them until your CLA
+signature is merged.
+
+## If you work for a company
+
+1.  Read the [Corporate Contributor License Agreement](ccla-1.0.md)
+
+2.  Modify your current pull request, or make a new pull request on
+    [odoo/odoo](/odoo/odoo), adding a new file `<lowercase-company-name>.md`
+    under the [`doc/cla/corporate`](corporate/) directory.
+    If the name of the company is Odoo, the file would be
+    `doc/cla/corporate/odoo.md`. The file should contain:
+
+```
+<country>, <date>
+
+<company-name> agrees to the terms of the Odoo Corporate Contributor License
+Agreement v1.0.
+
+I declare that I am authorized and able to make this agreement and sign this
+declaration.
+
+Signed,
+
+<name> <git_email> https://github.com/<login>
+
+List of contributors:
+
+<name> <git_email> https://github.com/<login>
+```
+
+    The List of contributors should list the individual contributors working
+    for the company.
+
+    Replacing the following placeholders:
+
+    * `<country>`: your country
+    * `<date>`: current date in the form `YYYY-MM-DD`
+    * `<name>`: your name
+    * `<git_email>`: git committer email **(use `git config user.email` to see it)**
+    * `<login>`: your GitHub login
+
+3. An Odoo R&D Team member will verify and accept your Pull Request. You can
+make other pull requests, but we won't be able to merge them until your CLA
+signature is merged.
+
+## If you don't have a github account
+
+If you cannot submit your signature using a pull request, you may alternatively
+print the CLA, complete it, sign it, scan it and send it by email to
+`cla-submission` `at` `odoo.com`.  In that case someone from the Odoo team will
+make the pull request on your behalf.
+
+* Printable Odoo CCLA v1.0 https://www.odoo.com/files/legal/Odoo-CCLA-v1.0.pdf
+* Printable Odoo ICLA v1.0 https://www.odoo.com/files/legal/Odoo-ICLA-v1.0.pdf
+
+# FAQ
+
+## Why do I need to accept a CLA ?
+
+The goal of having a Contributor License Agreement for Odoo is to:
+
+* clearly define the terms under which intellectual property (patches, pull
+  requests, etc.) have been contributed to the Odoo project
+
+* protect the Odoo project and its users in case of legal dispute about the
+  origin or ownership of any part of the code
+
+* protect the Odoo project and its users from bad actors who would contribute
+  and then try to withdraw their contributions or cause legal trouble, e.g. in
+  the form of patent lawsuits
+
+This is done by establishing a credible, non-repudiable record that each
+contributor really intended to contribute to the Odoo project under specific
+terms, and they had the right to make those contributions.
+
+The CLA is for the protection of the contributors, the project and its users.
+It does not change your rights to use your own contributions for any other
+purpose.
+
+The Odoo CLA is based on the Apache Software Foundation CLA v2.0, as
+can be found on the Apache website.
+
+This CLA is not a copyright assignment, it is a pure license agreement. You
+keep the full copyright for your contributions, you simply provide an
+irrevocable license to the project maintainer, Odoo S.A. to use, modify and
+distribute your contributions without further restrictions.
+
+## How does it work?
+
+Each individual contributor (making contributions only on their own behalf) is
+required to sign and submit the Individual Contributor License Agreement
+(ICLA) of Odoo.  The agreement is executed by adding your name and
+signature to the list of validated contributors inside the project source code.
+
+If someone is unable to sign the CLA, their contributions will have to be
+removed from the Odoo project.
+
+In addition, if some or all of someone's contributions are written as part of
+an employment by somebody else, the work may not belong to the contributor but
+to their employer, depending on the contract terms and local laws. In that case
+the employer needs to sign the Corporate Contributor License Agreement (CCLA),
+including the names of all contributors allowed to make those contributions in
+order for those contributions to be accepted.
+
+The contributors should still sign the Individual CLA, in order to cover the
+contributions that do not belong to the employer.
+
+Contributors who have signed the ICLA without a CCLA from their employer should
+be very careful.
+
+The ICLA (section 4) is a legal declaration where the contributor states they
+have the right to make the contributions. These contributors should only
+submit contributions they are really entitled to license.
+