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| author | Ryan Dahl <ry@tinyclouds.org> | 2010-06-21 18:54:28 -0700 |
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| committer | Ryan Dahl <ry@tinyclouds.org> | 2010-06-21 19:40:22 -0700 |
| commit | a8e9923b4440343d94a6e5565a054deece7d0af8 (patch) | |
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| parent | 9bb890271b4539b39ba1dfb9efa6053a1791eb93 (diff) | |
| download | node-new-a8e9923b4440343d94a6e5565a054deece7d0af8.tar.gz | |
Add Contributor License Agreement.
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diff --git a/doc/cla.html b/doc/cla.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d10b15de4b --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/cla.html @@ -0,0 +1,195 @@ +<html> +<head> + <style media="all"> + pre { + background: #f2f2f2; + padding: 1em; + } + + body { + max-width: 40em; + padding: 3em; + } + ol { + } + + li { + padding: 0; + margin: 1em; + } + + </style> + <style media="print"> + body { + max-width: 1000em; + padding: 1em; + } + pre { + background: #fff; + padding: 1em; + } + iframe { display: none; } + #signelectronically { display: none; } + </style> +</head> + +<body> + +<h1>NodeJS</h1> +<h2>Contributor License Agreement ("Agreement")</h2> + + +<p> +Thank you for your interest in the NodeJS open source +project being administered by Ryan Dahl, dba NodeJS +("NodeJS"). The form of license below is a document that +clarifies the terms under which You, the person listed +below, may contribute software, bug fixes, configuration +changes, documentation, or any other materials that you send +to us related to the Project (each a "Contribution") to the +project. We appreciate your participation in our project, +and your help in improving the project, so we want you to +understand what will be done with the Contributions. This +license is for your protection as well as the protection of +NodeJS and its licensees; it does not change your rights to +use your own Contributions for any other purpose. Please +complete the following information about you and the +Contributions and send us an original signed Agreement at + +<p> +Ryan Dahl <br/> +P.O. Box 40022 <br/> +San Francisco, CA 94140-0022 <br/> +U.S.A. + +<p> +Scanned agreements may also be emailed in PDF format to +ry@tinyclouds.org. You should also keep a copy for your own +records. + +<p> +If you have questions about these terms, please contact us +at ry@tinyclouds.org. + + +<pre> +Full name: _________________________________________________ + +Mailing Address: ___________________________________________ + +____________________________________________________________ + +Country: _________________________________________________ + +Telephone: _________________________________________________ + +Facsimile: _________________________________________________ + +E-Mail: _________________________________________________ +</pre> + + +<h3>Corporate Contributions:</h3> + +<p> +If you are employed as a software engineer, or if your +employer is in the business of developing software, or +otherwise may claim rights in the Contributions, please +provide information about your employer's policy on +contributing to open source projects, including the name of +the supervisor to contact in connection with such +contributions: + +<pre> + +____________________________________________________________ + +____________________________________________________________ + +____________________________________________________________ +</pre> + + + +<h3>You and NodeJS agree:</h3> + +<ol> + +<li> +You grant us the ability to use the Contributions in any +way. You hereby grant to NodeJS, a non-exclusive, +irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicenseable, +transferable license under all of Your relevant intellectual +property rights (including copyright, patent, and any other +rights), to use, copy, prepare derivative works of, +distribute and publicly perform and display the +Contributions on any licensing terms, including without +limitation: (a) open source licenses like the GNU General +Public License (GPL), the GNU Lesser General Public License +(LGPL), the Common Public License, or the Berkeley Software +Distribution license (BSD); and (b) binary, proprietary, or +commercial licenses. Except for the licenses granted +herein, You reserve all right, title, and interest in and to +the Contribution. + +<li> +You are able to grant us these rights. You represent +that You are legally entitled to grant the above license. +If Your employer has rights to intellectual property that +You create, You represent that You have received permission +to make the Contributions on behalf of that employer, or +that Your employer has waived such rights for the +Contributions. + +<li> +The Contributions are your original work. You represent +that the Contributions are Your original works of +authorship, and to Your knowledge, no other person claims, +or has the right to claim, any right in any invention or +patent related to the Contributions. You also represent +that You are not legally obligated, whether by entering into +an agreement or otherwise, in any way that conflicts with +the terms of this license. For example, if you have signed +an agreement requiring you to assign the intellectual +property rights in the Contributions to an employer or +customer, that would conflict with the terms of this +license. + +<li> +We determine the code that is in our project. You +understand that the decision to include the Contribution in +any project or source repository is entirely that of NodeJS, +and this agreement does not guarantee that the Contributions +will be included in any product. + +<li> +No Implied Warranties. NodeJS acknowledges that, except +as explicitly described in this Agreement, the Contribution +is provided 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. +</ol> + + +<pre> + + +Please sign: _______________________________________________ + +Date: ______________________________________________________ +</pre> +</div> + + +<h2 id="signelectronically">Sign Electronically</h2> + +<iframe + src="http://spreadsheets.google.com/embeddedform?formkey=dFhpTW5kWUtUVG1DTUpHOGR5U2VXNXc6MQ" + width="760" height="3265" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" + marginwidth="0">Loading...</iframe> + + +</body> +</html> |