
layout: blog_detail
title: 'Adding a Contributor License Agreement for PyTorch'
author: Team PyTorch

To ensure the ongoing growth and success of the framework, we're introducing the use of the Apache Contributor License Agreement (CLA) for PyTorch. We care deeply about the broad community of contributors who make PyTorch such a great framework, so we want to take a moment to explain why we are adding a CLA.
Why Does PyTorch Need a CLA?
CLAs help clarify that users and maintainers have the relevant rights to use and maintain code contributed to an open source project, while allowing contributors to retain ownership rights to their code.