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Agreement for Kartoza Open Source Projects

Based on Kartoza Individual Contributor License Agreement (“Agreement”) v1.0

This document is modelled on the OSGEO contributor license agreement V1.0

Thank you for your interest in contributing to a Kartoza repository. In order to clarify the intellectual property license granted with Contributions from any person or entity, Kartoza 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 Kartoza 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 send an original signed Agreement to The Open Source Geospatial Foundation, [address]. If necessary, you may send it by facsimile to Kartoza at [fax]. Please read this document carefully before signing and keep a copy for your records.

You accept and agree to the following terms and conditions for Your present and future Contributions submitted to Kartoza. In return, Kartoza shall not use Your Contributions in a way that is contrary to the public benefit. Except for the license granted herein to Kartoza and recipients of software distributed by Kartoza, 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 Kartoza. 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 Kartoza for inclusion in, or documentation of, any of the products owned or managed by Kartoza (the “Work”). For the purposes of this definition, “submitted” means any form of electronic, verbal, or written communication sent to Kartoza 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, Kartoza 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 Kartoza and to recipients of software distributed by Kartoza 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 Kartoza and to recipients of software distributed by Kartoza a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, fully-paid, royalty-free, irrevocable (except as stated in this section) patent license to 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) were submitted, as such Work existed as of the date of your Contribution(s). This patent license shall not apply to any other combinations which include the Contribution(s). 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 Kartoza, or that your employer has executed a separate Corporate CLA with Kartoza.

  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 Kartoza 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:”.

  8. You agree to notify Kartoza of any facts or circumstances of which you become aware that would make these representations inaccurate in any respect.

Name: ___________________________________________

E-mail: _________________________________________

Date: ___________________________________________

Corporate Contributor Information: ______________

_________________________________________________

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.

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