diff --git a/Contributor_License_Agreement.md b/Contributor_License_Agreement.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9d516eb --- /dev/null +++ b/Contributor_License_Agreement.md @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +# Individual Contributor License Agreement (CLA) + +**Thank you for submitting your contributions to this project.** + +By signing this CLA, you agree that the following terms apply to all of your +past, present and future contributions to the project. + +## License + +You hereby represent that all present, past and future contributions are +governed by the [Apache 2.0 License](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0) +copyright statement. + +This entails that to the extent possible under law, you transfer all copyright +and related or neighboring rights of the code or documents you contribute to the +project itself or its maintainers. Furthermore you also represent that you have +the authority to perform the above waiver with respect to the entirety of you +contributions. + +## Moral Rights + +To the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, you hereby waive, and +agree not to assert, all of your “moral rights” in or relating to your +contributions for the benefit of the project. + +## Third Party Content + +If your Contribution includes or is based on any source code, object code, bug +fixes, configuration changes, tools, specifications, documentation, data, +materials, feedback, information or other works of authorship that were not +authored by you (“Third Party Content”) or if you are aware of any third party +intellectual property or proprietary rights associated with your Contribution +(“Third Party Rights”), then you agree to include with the submission of your +Contribution full details respecting such Third Party Content and Third Party +Rights, including, without limitation, identification of which aspects of your +Contribution contain Third Party Content or are associated with Third Party +Rights, the owner/author of the Third Party Content and Third Party Rights, +where you obtained the Third Party Content, and any applicable third party +license terms or restrictions respecting the Third Party Content and Third Party +Rights. For greater certainty, the foregoing obligations respecting the +identification of Third Party Content and Third Party Rights do not apply to any +portion of a Project that is incorporated into your Contribution to that same +Project. + +## Representations + +You represent that, other than the Third Party Content and Third Party Rights +identified by you in accordance with this Agreement, you are the sole author of +your Contributions and are legally entitled to grant the foregoing licenses and +waivers in respect of your Contributions. If your Contributions were created in +the course of your employment with your past or present employer(s), you +represent that such employer(s) has authorized you to make your Contributions on +behalf of such employer(s) or such employer (s) has waived all of their right, +title or interest in or to your Contributions. + +## Disclaimer + +To the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, your Contributions are +provided on an "as is" basis, without any warranties or conditions, express or +implied, including, without limitation, any implied warranties or conditions of +non-infringement, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. You are +not required to provide support for your Contributions, except to the extent you +desire to provide support. + +## No Obligation + +You acknowledge that the maintainers of this project are under no obligation to +use or incorporate your contributions into the project. The decision to use or +incorporate your contributions into the project will be made at the sole +discretion of the maintainers or their authorized delegates.