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Free Law Project
Individual Contributor License Agreement ("Agreement") V1.0
https://free.law
Thank you for your interest in Free Law Project (the "Project"), a project
co-founded by Brian Carver and Michael Lissner. In order to clarify the
intellectual property license granted with Contributions from any person or
entity, Free Law Project 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 Free Law Project and our 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 legal@free.law. Please read this document
carefully before signing and keep a copy for your records.
Full name: ______________________________________________________
(optional) Public name: _________________________________________
Mailing Address: ________________________________________________
________________________________________________
Country: ______________________________________________________
Telephone: ______________________________________________________
E-Mail: ______________________________________________________
You accept and agree to the following terms and conditions for Your present and
future Contributions submitted to the Project. In return, the Project shall not
use Your Contributions in a way that is contrary to the public benefit or
inconsistent with universal access to public court documents. For details, see
the ByLaws of the Project at:
- https://free.law/non-profit-documents/
Except for the license granted herein to the Project and recipients of software
distributed by the Project, 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 the Project. 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 the Project for inclusion in, or documentation of, any
of the products owned or managed by the Project (the "Work"). For the
purposes of this definition, "submitted" means any form of electronic,
verbal, or written communication sent to the Project or the Project's
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, the Project 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
the Project and to recipients of software distributed by the Project 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
the Project and to recipients of software distributed by the Project 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 the Project, or that your
employer has executed a separate Corporate CLA with the Project.
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 the Project 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 the Project of any facts or circumstances of which you
become aware that would make these representations inaccurate in any
respect.
Please sign: __________________________________ Date: ________________
YYYY/MM/DD