Contributors And Contributions
In the spirit of making it possible for others to share work, thoughts, ideas, discussion, code, and content here, we must ensure all contributions are made responsibly, with consent for use.
This page is a formality for understanding the freedoms necessary to contribute for inclusion or incorporation within the scope of this website, its parent organisation, and in respect of your privacy.
Contributor Licence Agreement
This Contributor Licence Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into between the owners of this website (“we” or “us” etc.) and you (as defined and further identified below).
Accordingly, you hereby agree to the following terms for your present and future contributions submitted to this website and parent organisation:
Definitions
- (a) “You” (or “your”) shall mean the contribution copyright owner (whether an individual or organisation) or legal entity authorised by the copyright owner that is making this Agreement with us.
(b) “Contribution(s)” shall mean the code, imagery, documentation or other original works of authorship, including any modifications or additions to an existing work, submitted by you to us for inclusion in, or documentation of, in any of the products or projects owned or managed by this website, and owners (the “work(s)”).
For the purposes of this definition, “submitted” means any form of electronic, verbal, or written communication sent to us or our representatives, including but not limited to communication on 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/or improving the work, but excluding communication that is conspicuously marked or otherwise designated in writing by you as “Not a Contribution” or “Rights Reserved”. - Grant of Copyright Licence.
You hereby grant to us, and to recipients of software distributed by us a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright licence to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute your contributions and such derivative works. - Grant of Patent Licence.
With respect to any patents you own, or that you can license without payment to any third party, you hereby grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, no-charge, royalty-free licence to:
(i) make, have made, use, sell, offer to sell, import, and otherwise distribute and exploit your contributions in whole or in part, alone or in combination with or included in any product, work or materials arising out of or relating to the Works to which your contributions were submitted; and
(ii) sublicense these same rights to third parties through multiple levels of sublicensees or other licensing arrangements. - Except as set out above, you keep all right, title, and interest in your contribution. The rights that you grant to us under this agreement are effective on the date you first submitted a contribution to us, even if your submission took place before the date you entered this agreement.
- You represent and warrant that:
(i) the contributions are an original work and that you can legally grant the rights set out in this agreement;
(ii) the contributions and this website and its owner’s exercise of any licence rights granted hereunder, does not and will not, infringe the rights of any third party;
(iii) you are not aware of any pending or threatened claims, suits, actions, or charges pertaining to the contributions, including without limitation any claims or allegations that any or all of the contributions infringes, violates, or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party (you further agree that you will notify us immediately if you become aware of any such actual or potential claims, suits, actions, allegations or charges). - If your employer(s) has rights to intellectual property that you create that includes your contributions, you represent and warrant that your employer has waived such rights for your contributions to us, or that you have received permission to make contributions on behalf of that employer and that you are authorised to execute this agreement on behalf of your employer.
- You are not expected to provide support for your contributions, except to the extent you desire to provide support. You may provide support for free, for a fee, or not at all.
Except as set forth herein, and unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, you provide your contributions on an “as is” basis, without warranties or conditions of any kind. - The failure of either party to enforce its rights under this agreement for any period shall not be construed as a waiver of such rights.
No changes or modifications or waivers to this Agreement will be effective unless agreed in writing by both parties.
In the event that any provision of this agreement shall be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that this agreement shall otherwise remain in full effect and enforceable.
This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the country of registration of the owners of this website, without regard to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof from the location of the contributor.
In any action or proceeding to enforce rights under this agreement, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover costs and legal fees.