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Did you even read the title of the post? OP wants to force contributors to transfer copyright to OP.
I don't care how you wanna twist the thoughts between open source vs copyright, ain't nobody got any business trying to force contributors out of a copyright license.
I don't think you've properly thought through the consequences of not considering IP rights for projects with a significant number of contributors. There are absolutely situations in which having a single IP holder is advantageous to having multiple IP holders. Large open source projects might find governance hard when they're hamstrung by getting consensus from hundreds or thousands of contributors.
And yes, I did read the title and the post. I understood it.