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- Contributing to Meteor
- Thank you for contributing code to the Meteor project! Like many open source projects, we
- need you to enter into a contributor license agreement with us before we can merge in your
- changes.
- In brief, by submitting your code to the Meteor project, you are granting us a right to use that
- code under the terms of the below Agreement, including the right for us to make available,
- grant rights to use and provide your code to others. You are also certifying that you wrote the
- code, and that you are allowed to license it to us. You are not giving up your ownership in your
- work.
- Contributor license agreements are important because they define the chain of ownership of a
- piece of software. Some companies and organizations won't allow the use of free software
- without clear agreements around code ownership. That's why many open source projects
- collect similar agreements from contributors.
- PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE SIGNING AND KEEP A COPY FOR YOUR
- RECORDS. If you
- have questions about the Agreement, or if you cannot submit an electronic copy, please
- contact us at licensing@meteor.com.
- The Meteor Contributor Agreement (this "Agreement")
- Last Updated: September 17, 2019
- By submitting a signed copy of this Agreement using one of the methods described below, You
- accept and agree that the following terms and conditions will apply to Your present and future
- Contributions submitted to Meteor Software Ltd. (“Meteor”). Except as expressly set forth in
- this Agreement, You reserve all right, title, and interest in and to Your Contributions.
- 1. Definitions.
- "You" or "Your" means the copyright owner or legal entity authorized by the copyright
- owner that is making this Agreement with Meteor. 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" means any original work of authorship, including any modifications or
- additions to an existing work, that is submitted by You to Meteor for inclusion in, or
- documentation of, any of the products and services owned or managed by Meteor (the
- "Work"). For the purposes of this definition, "submitted" means any form of electronic,
- verbal, or written communication sent to Meteor 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, Meteor 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 License.
- Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, You hereby grant to Meteor and
- to recipients of products and services distributed by Meteor a perpetual, worldwide,
- non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright
- license to use, 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 Meteor and
- to recipients of products and services distributed by Meteor a perpetual, worldwide,
- non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable (except
- as stated in this section) patent license to use, reproduce, prepare derivative works of,
- publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute Your Contributions and such
- derivative works as necessary to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, and
- otherwise transfer the Work, and 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 and warrant that you are legally entitled to grant the above licenses. If
- your employer(s) has rights to intellectual property that you create that includes your
- Contributions, you represent and warrant that you have received permission to make
- Contributions on behalf of that employer, and that your employer has waived such
- rights for your Contributions to Meteor.
- 5. You represent and warrant that: (i) each of Your Contributions is Your original creation
- (see section 7 for submissions on behalf of others); and (ii) Your Contribution
- submissions include complete details of any third-party license(s) or any other
- restriction(s) (including, but not limited to, related patents and trademarks, whether
- such patents or trademarks are Yours, Your employer’s or any other party’s) 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 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
- Meteor 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 Meteor of any facts or circumstances of which you become aware
- that would make these representations inaccurate in any respect.
- 9. If there is any dispute between You and Meteor about or involving this Agreement, You
- hereby agree that the dispute will be governed by and construed in accordance with the
- laws of the Province of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada applicable
- therein without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You hereby attorn to the
- exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of British Columbia.
- 10. This Agreement is the entire agreement between You and Meteor related to the
- subject matter in this Agreement and replaces and supersedes all other oral and written
- communications between the You and Meteor or otherwise relating to the subject
- matter of this Agreement.
- You may also email a signed PDF copy of this Agreement to licensing@meteor.com, or send us
- an original signed version of this Agreement to:
- Meteor Software Ltd.
- 101-524 Yates Street,
- Victoria, BC V8W 1K8
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