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SpiritSoft Contributor License Agreement
Thank you for your interest in SpiritSoft. To clarify the intellectual property license granted with Contributions from any person or entity,
SpiritSoft must have on file a signed Contributor License Agreement ("CLA") from each Contributor, indicating agreement with the license terms
below. This agreement is for your protection as a Contributor as well as the protection of SpiritSoft and its users. It does not change
your rights to use your own Contributions for any other purpose.
You accept and agree to the following terms and conditions for Your Contributions (present and future) that you submit to SpiritSoft.
Except for the license granted herein to SpiritSoft and recipients of software distributed by SpiritSoft, You reserve all right, title,
and interest in and to Your Contributions.
1. Definitions.
"You" (or "Your") shall mean the copyright owner or legal entity authorized by the copyright owner that is making this Agreement
with SpiritSoft. For legal entities, the entity making a Contribution and all other entities that control, are controlled
by, or are under common control with that entity are considered to be a single Contributor. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" means (i) the power, direct or indirect, to cause the direction or management of such entity, whether by contract or
otherwise, or (ii) ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding shares, or (iii) beneficial ownership of such entity.
"Contribution" shall mean any original work of authorship, including any modifications or additions to an existing work, that
is intentionally submitted by You to SpiritSoft for inclusion in, or documentation of, any of the products owned or managed by
SpiritSoft (the "Work"). For the purposes of this definition, "submitted" means any form of electronic, verbal, or written
communication sent to SpiritSoft or its 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, SpiritSoft 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."
2. Grant of Copyright License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, You hereby grant to SpiritSoft and to
recipients of software distributed by SpiritSoft a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable
copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute Your
Contributions and such derivative works.
3. Grant of Patent License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, You hereby grant to SpiritSoft and to
recipients of software distributed by SpiritSoft a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable
(except as stated in this section) patent license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise transfer the
Work, where such license applies only to those patent claims licensable by You that are necessarily infringed by Your
Contribution(s) alone or by combination of Your Contribution(s) with the Work to which such Contribution(s) was submitted. If any
entity institutes patent litigation against You or any other entity (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging
that your Contribution, or the Work to which you have contributed, constitutes direct or contributory patent infringement, then any
patent licenses granted to that entity under this Agreement for that Contribution or Work shall terminate as of the date such
litigation is filed.
4. You represent that you are legally entitled to grant the above license. If your employer(s) has rights to intellectual property
that you create that includes your Contributions, you represent that you have received permission to make Contributions on behalf
of that employer, that your employer has waived such rights for your Contributions to SpiritSoft, or that your employer has
executed a separate Corporate CLA with SpiritSoft.
5. You represent that each of Your Contributions is Your original creation (see section 7 for submissions on behalf of others). You
represent that Your Contribution submissions include complete details of any third-party license or other restriction (including,
but not limited to, related patents and trademarks) of which you are personally aware and which are associated with any part of Your
Contributions.
6. 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. 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, either express or implied, including, without
limitation, any warranties or conditions of TITLE, NON- INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
7. Should You wish to submit work that is not Your original creation, You may submit it to SpiritSoft separately from any
Contribution, identifying the complete details of its source and of any license or other restriction (including, but not limited to,
related patents, trademarks, and license agreements) of which you are personally aware, and conspicuously marking the work as
"Submitted on behalf of a third-party: [named here]".
8. You agree to notify SpiritSoft of any facts or circumstances of which you become aware that would make these representations
inaccurate in any respect.
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