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Individual Contributor License Agreement (“Agreement”)

Thank you for your interest in the open source projects managed by Geeky Ogre, Inc. (“Geeky Ogre”). In 

order to clarify the intellectual property license granted with Contributions from any person or 

entity, Geeky Ogre must have a Contributor License Agreement (“CLA”) on file that has been signed 

by each Contributor, indicating agreement to the license terms below. This license is for your 

protection as a Contributor as well as the protection of Geeky Ogre and its users; it does not change 

your rights to use your own Contributions for any other purpose. If you have not already done so, 

please complete and sign, then scan and email a pdf file of this Agreement to [INSERT EMAIL 

ADDRESS]. Alternatively, you may send it by facsimile to Geeky Ogre at [INSERT FAX (OR 

DELETE SENTENCE)]. If necessary, send an original signed Agreement to [INSERT 

ADDRESS (OR DELETE SENTENCE)]. Please read this document carefully before signing and 

keep a copy for your records.

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You accept and agree to the following terms and conditions for all Contributions that You may 

have previously submitted to Geeky Ogre, as well as Your present and future Contributions submitted 

to Geeky Ogre. In return, Geeky Ogre shall consider Your Contributions for inclusion (or continued 

inclusion) in the official Geeky Ogre open source project for which they were submitted.  Except for 

the license granted herein to Geeky Ogre and recipients of software distributed by Geeky Ogre, 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 Geeky Ogre. 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 or has been intentionally submitted by You to Geeky Ogre for 

inclusion in, or documentation of, any of the products owned or managed by Geeky Ogre (the 

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“Work”). For the purposes of this definition, “submitted” means any form of electronic, 

verbal, or written communication sent to Geeky Ogre 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, Geeky Ogre 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 Geeky Ogre and to recipients of software distributed by Geeky Ogre a perpetual, 

worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, transferable, 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 Geeky Ogre and to recipients of software distributed by Geeky Ogre a perpetual, worldwide, 

non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable, 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 express written permission to make Contributions on behalf of that 

employer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, that your employer has expressly 

and unambiguously waived such rights for your Contributions to Geeky Ogre in writing, or that 

your employer has executed a separate Corporate CLA with Geeky Ogre.

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. You represent that[, to the best of your knowledge,] 

none of Your Contributions infringe, violate or misappropriate any third party intellectual 

property or other proprietary rights.

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, and except for the representations and 

warranties set forth above, 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-

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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 

Geeky Ogre 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 Geeky Ogre of any facts or circumstances of which you become aware that 

would make these representations inaccurate in any respect.

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