# CLA

> The Contributor License Agreement: your confirmation that you have the right to share your contribution under the license of the project. You sign it once.

Source: https://contributors.home-assistant.io/glossary/cla/

- In code: `cla-signed (label)`, `cla-needed (label)`
- Also: Contributor License Agreement

The code repositories of Home Assistant check every pull request for it. The first time you open one without having signed, a bot comments with a link, and your pull request gets the `cla-needed` label until you sign. See [Licensing and the CLA](https://contributors.home-assistant.io/start/licensing/).

## Related terms

- [Pull request](https://contributors.home-assistant.io/glossary/pull-request/): A request on GitHub to merge a change into a repository, where it is reviewed before it goes in.