In order to document the copyright and other rights granted with Contributions (as defined below), We collect a Contributor Agreement (“Agreement”) from You which confirms your agreement to the terms below. Please follow the instructions at the end of the document to make it effective. This is a legally binding document, so please read it carefully before agreeing to it. The Agreement provides for submission of Contributions to more than one software project managed by Us.
- Definitions
- “Contribution” shall mean any work of authorship that is Submitted to Us in which You own the Copyright. If You do not own the Copyright in the entire work of authorship Submitted, You should follow the procedure in Section 3(d).
- “Copyright” shall mean all rights protecting works of authorship, including copyright, moral, and neighboring rights, as appropriate, for the full term of their existence including any extensions owned or controlled by You.
- “Effective Date” shall mean the earlier of your execution of this Agreement or your first submission of a Contribution to Us.
- “Media” shall mean any Contribution which is not software. Media may include video, text, or images.
- "Patent Claims" shall mean any patent claim(s), now owned or acquired in the future, including without limitation, method, process, and apparatus claims which You (a) owned or controlled by You or (b) which You or have the right to grant, to the maximum extent possible, whether on the Submission Date of the relevant Contribution or subsequently acquired, under the terms of Section 2.1(b), but only to the extent to which the making, using, having made, selling, offering for sale, importing or otherwise transferring of the Contribution or the Contribution with a Work infringes such Patent Claims.
- “Submission” shall mean the work of authorship which You have Submitted. A Submission may consist of only a Contribution or may include third party works of authorship in addition to the Contribution. “Submitted” shall mean any form of electronic, verbal, or written communication sent to Us or our representatives, including but not limited to communication of electronic mailing lists, source code control systems, and issue tracking systems that are managed by, or on behalf of, Us for the purpose of discussing and improving the Work, but excluding communication that is conspicuously marked or otherwise designated in writing by You as “Not a Contribution.”
- “Submission Date” shall mean the date on which a Contribution is Submitted to Us.
- “Work” shall mean the work or works of authorship which are software made available by Us to third parties but not including the Contribution. This Agreement may cover Submissions to one or more Works.
- "You” shall mean any individual or legal entity on behalf of whom a Contribution has been received by Us.
- Transfer Options
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Copyright License/Patent License
(a) You retain ownership of the Copyright and Patent Claims in your Contributions and have the same rights to use or license the Contributions which You would have had without entering into the Agreement. (b) To the maximum extent permitted by the relevant law, You grant to Us a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, irrevocable license under the Copyrights covering the Contribution, with the right to sublicense such rights through multiple tiers of sublicensees, to reproduce, modify, display, perform and distribute the Contribution as part of the Work; provided that this license is conditioned upon compliance with Section 2.1(d). (c) You grant to Us a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, irrevocable license under the Patent Claims, with the right to sublicense these rights to multiple tiers of sublicensees, to make, have made, use, offer for sale, sell, import and otherwise transfer the Contribution and the Contribution in combination with the Work in which the Contribution is included (and portions of such combination) as it exists on the Submission Date of that Contribution; provided that this license is conditioned upon compliance with Section 2.1(d). (d) Based on the license rights granted in Section 2.1(b) and 2.1(c), if We include Your Contribution in a Work, We may license such Contribution under any license, including copyleft, permissive, commercial, or proprietary licenses, but as a condition of the exercise of this right in Section 2.1(d), We agree to license the Contribution under the terms of the license or licenses which We are using on the Submission Date for the Work in which the Contribution is included. - Moral Rights. If moral rights apply to the Contribution, to the maximum extent permitted by law, You waive and agree not to assert such moral rights against Us or our successors in interest, or any of our licensees, either direct or indirect.
- Our Rights. You acknowledge that We are not obligated to use your Contribution as part of the Work distributed by Us and may make the decision to include any Contribution as We believe is appropriate.
- Reservation of Rights. Any rights not expressly licensed under this section are expressly reserved by You.
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Copyright License/Patent License
- Agreement You confirm that:
(a) You have the legal authority to enter into this Agreement. (b) as provided in the definitions, You re affirm that You own the Copyrights and the Patent Claims covering the Contribution which are required to grant the rights under Section 2. (c) The grant of rights under Section 2 does not violate any grant of rights which You have made to third parties, including your employer. If You are an employee, You have had your employer approve this Agreement. If You are less than eighteen years old, please have your parents or guardian sign the Agreement, if such approval is required. (d)You have followed the instructions of the third party owner of copyright, if You do not own the Copyright in the entire work of authorship Submitted. - DISCLAIMER EXCEPT FOR THE EXPRESS WARRANTIES IN ARTICLE 3, THE CONTRIBUTION IS PROVIDED “AS IS”. MORE PARTICULARLY, ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED BY YOU TO US TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY SUCH WARRANTIES CANNOT BE DISCLAIMED, SUCH WARRANTY IS LIMITED IN DURATION TO THE MINIMUM PERIOD PERMITTED BY LAW.
- CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGE WAIVER TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL YOU BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF DATA, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL AND EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY (CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE) UPON WHICH THE CLAIM IS BASED.
- MISCELLANEOUS
- Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England excluding its conflicts of law provisions. Under certain circumstances, the governing law in this section might be superseded by the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (“UN Convention”) and the parties intend to avoid the application of the UN Convention to this Agreement and, thus, exclude the application of the UN Convention in its entirety to this Agreement.
- Miscellaneous Provisions. This Agreement sets out the entire agreement between You and Us for your Contributions to Us and overrides all other agreements or understandings. Either party may assign the rights and obligations under the Agreement to any third party if the third party agrees, as a condition of the assignment, in writing to abide by the rights and obligations in the Agreement. The failure of either party to require performance by the other party of any provision of this Agreement in one situation shall not affect the right of a party to require such performance at any time in the future and a waiver of performance under a provision in one situation shall not be considered a waiver of the performance of the provision in the future or a waiver of the provision in its entirety. If any provision of this Agreement is found void and unenforceable, such provision will be replaced to the extent possible with a provision that comes closest to the meaning of the original provision and which is enforceable. The terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement shall apply notwithstanding any failure of essential purpose of this Agreement or any limited remedy to the maximum extent possible under law.
