Following the lead of other open-source projects, all projects under the Wetware organization require contributors to jointly assign their copyright on contributed code. The Wetware Contributor Agreement (WWCA) below gives Louis Thibault and the contributor joint copyright interests in the code; the contributor retains copyrights while also granting those rights to Louis Thibault as the open-source project sponsor.
The WWCA is derived from the Clojure Contributor Agreement. By executing the WWCA, contributors protect the CASM code base, enabling alternative licensing models, and protect the flexibility to adapt the project to the changing demands of the community. Please review the WWCA for a complete understanding of its terms and conditions. By contributing source code or other material to any repository under the Wetware organization, you represent that you have a WWCA with Louis Thibault for such contributions. In order to track contributors, you understand that your full name and username may be posted on a web page listing authorized contributors that is accessible via a public URL.
Except as otherwise noted (below and/or in individual files), Wetware, CASM, and all other works under the Wetware Organization are bound by the Wetware Contributor Agreement, and are licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 or or the MIT license, at your option.
This Wetware Contributor Agreement (WWCA) applies to any contribution that you make to any product or project managed by us (the "Project"), and sets out the intellectual property rights you grant us in the contributed materials. The term "us" shall mean Louis Thibault. The term "you" shall mean the persons or entities identified in the Contributors section of this document or the author of any git commit, issue-tracker ticket or comment on any repository managed by the Wetware Organization.
Read this agreement carefully before making any contribution. These terms and conditions constitute a binding legal agreement.
If you agree to be bound by these terms, either (1) submit a pull-request adding your name and the names of any additional copyright holders to the Contributors section of this document ("Explicit Agreement") or (2) submit any contribution to any code repository under the Wetware Organization ("Implicit Agreement"). For the avoidance of doubt, such contributions can include but are not limited to creating or editing issues or pull-requests, and pushing Git commits to any Wetware Organization repository.
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The term "contribution" or "contributed materials" means any source code, object code, patch, tool, sample, graphic, specification, manual, documentation or any other material posted or submitted by you to the project.
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With respect to any worldwide copyrights or copyright applications and registrations, in your contribution:
- you hereby assign to us joint ownership, and to the extent that such assignment is or becomes invalid, ineffective or unenforceable, you hereby grant to us a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, no-charge, royalty-free, unrestricted license to exercise all rights under those copyrights. This includes, at our option, the right to sublicense these same rights to third parties through multiple levels of sublicensees or other licensing arrangements;
- you agree that each of us can do all things in relation to your contribution as if each of us were the sole owner of that derivative work;
- you agree that you will not assert any moral rights in your contribution against us, our licensees or transferees;
- you agree that we may register a copyright in your contribution and exercise all ownerhsip rights associated with it; and
- you agree that neither of us has any duty to consult with, obtain the consent of, pay or render an accounting to the other for any use or distribution of your contribution.
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With respect to any patents you own, or that you can license without payment to any third party, you hereby grant to us a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, no-charge, royalty-free license to:
- make, have made, use, sell, offer to sell, import and otherwise transfer your contribution in whole or in part, alone or in combination with or included in any product, work or materials arising out of the project to which your contribution was submitted, and
- at our option, to sublicense these same rights to third parties through multiple levels of sublicensees or other licensing arrangements.
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Except as set out above, you keep all right, title and interest in your contribution. The rights that you grant to us under these terms are effective on the date you first submitted a contribution to us, even if your submission took place before the date you Explicitly Agree to these terms. Any contribution we make available under any license will also be made available under a suitable FSF (Free Software Foundation) or OSI (Open Source Initiative) approved license.
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You covenant, represent, warrant and agree that:
- each contribution that you submit is and shall be an original work of authorship and you can legally grant the rights set out in this WWCA;
- to the best of your knowledge, each contribution will not violate any third party's copyrights, trademarks, patents or other intellectual property rights; and
- each contribution shall be in compliance with U.S. export control laws and other applicable export and import laws.
You agree to notify us if you become aware of any circumstance that would make any of the foregoing representations inaccurate in any respect. Louis Thibault may publicly disclose your participation in the project, including the fact that you have entered into an Explicit or Implicit Agreement with the WWCA.
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This WWCA is governed by the laws of the state of Delaware and applicable U.S. Federal law. Any choice of law rules will not apply.
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You understand that if any part of this WWCA should be deemed invalid, void, expired or unenforceable by a competent court as defined in item 6, the rest of this agreement shall remain valid and enforceable.
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You understand that we may make reasonable updates, modifications, alterations or other changes (collectively, "Amendments") to this WWCA without notice, and that such changes apply to all past, present and future contributions.
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You understand that we may, at our sole discretion, waive any of the above rights, but that this does not imply a waiver of any remaining rights.