This Contributor Agreement applies to any contribution that you make to the product or project managed by the Volcano Authors (the "project"), and sets out the intellectual property rights you grant to the Volcano Authors in the contributed materials. The term "Volcano Authors" shall refer to the https://github.com/volcanoauthors Github account. The term "you" shall mean the person or entity who submits this agreement to the Contributor License Agreement Assistant, https://cla-assistant.io.
Your agreement to be bound by these terms is signified by accepting this license. Read this agreement carefully before signing. These terms and conditions constitute a binding legal agreement.
1.1. The term "contribution" or "contributed materials" means any source code, object code, patch, tool, sample, graphic, specification, manual, documentation, gist, pull request, comment, bug, test case or any other material posted or submitted by you to the project.
1.2. With respect to any worldwide copyrights, or copyright applications and registrations, in your contribution:
1.2.1. You hereby assign to the Volcano Authors joint ownership, and to the extent that such assignment is or becomes invalid, ineffective or unenforceable, you hereby grant to the Volcano Authors a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, no-charge, royalty-free, unrestricted license to exercise all rights under those copyrights.
1.2.2. This includes, at the option of the Volcano Authors, the right to sublicense these same rights to third parties through multiple levels of sublicensees or other licensing arrangements.
1.2.3. You agree that both you and the Volcano Authors can do all things in relation to your contribution as if each of the aforementioned were the sole owners.
1.2.4. If one of the aforementioned makes a derivative work of your contribution, the one who makes the derivative work (or has it made) will be the sole owner of that derivative work.
1.2.5. You agree that you will not assert any moral rights in your contribution against the Volcano Authors, our licensees or transferees.
1.2.6. You agree that the Volcano Authors may register a copyright in your contribution and exercise all ownership rights associated with it.
1.2.7. You agree that neither you nor the Volcano Authors 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.
1.3. 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:
1.3.1. 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
1.3.2. at our option, to sublicense these same rights to third parties through multiple levels of sublicensees or other licensing arrangements.
1.4. Except as set out above, you keep all right, title, and interest in your contribution. The rights that you grant to the Volcano Authors under these terms are effective on the date you first submit a contribution to the Volcano Authors, even if your submission took place before the date you sign these terms.
1.5. You covenant, represent, warrant and agree that:
1.5.1. 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 agreement;
1.5.2. to the best of your knowledge, each contribution will not violate any third party's copyrights, trademarks, patents, or other intellectual property rights;
1.5.3. 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 which would make any of the foregoing representations inaccurate in any respect. We may publicly disclose your participation in the project, including the fact that you have signed this agreement; and
1.5.4. No other person or entity, including your employer, has or will have rights with respect to any contribution.
1.5.5. You are signing on behalf of yourself and no other person or entity.
1.6. This SCA is governed by the laws of the State of Texas and applicable U.S. Federal law. You agree to waive any choice of law rules. Any choice of law rules will not apply.