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# Contributor License Agreement
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Thank you for your contribution to this Twitter software project. In order to
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clarify the intellectual property rights in the project, and to grant licenses
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to the project to others, Twitter, Inc. ("Twitter") requires that you accept
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this Contributor License Agreement ("Agreement"). This license is for your
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protection as a Contributor as well as the protection of Twitter, its users, and
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its licensees; you may still license your own Contributions under other terms.
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You accept and agree to the following terms and conditions for Your present and
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future Contributions submitted to Twitter. Except for the license granted herein
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to Twitter and recipients of software distributed by Twitter, You reserve all
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right, title, and interest in and to Your Contributions. **(If, however, you are
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a current or former employee of Twitter, your rights and/or Contributions may be
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governed by another agreement, including your Employee Invention Assignment, and
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nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as modifying the terms of any other
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such agreement.)**
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1. Definitions.
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"You" (or "Your") shall mean the copyright owner or legal entity authorized
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by the copyright owner that is making this Agreement with Twitter. For legal
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entities, the entity making a Contribution and all other entities that
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control, are controlled by, or are under common control with that entity are
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considered to be a single Contributor. For the purposes of this definition,
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"control" means (i) the power, direct or indirect, to cause the direction or
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management of such entity, whether by contract or otherwise, or (ii)
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ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding shares, or (iii)
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beneficial ownership of such entity.
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"Contribution" shall mean any original work of authorship, including any
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modifications or additions to an existing work, that is intentionally
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submitted by You to Twitter for inclusion in, or documentation of, any of the
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products owned or managed by Twitter (the "Work"). For the purposes of this
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definition, "submitted" means any form of electronic, verbal, or written
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communication sent to Twitter or its representatives, including but not
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limited to communication on electronic mailing lists, source code control
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systems, and issue tracking systems that are managed by, or on behalf of,
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Twitter for the purpose of discussing and improving the Work, but excluding
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communication that is conspicuously marked or otherwise designated in writing
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by You as "Not a Contribution."
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2. Grant of Copyright License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
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Agreement, You hereby grant to Twitter and to recipients of software
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distributed by Twitter a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge,
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royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative
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works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute Your
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Contributions and such derivative works.
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3. Grant of Patent License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
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Agreement, You hereby grant to Twitter and to recipients of software
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distributed by Twitter a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge,
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royalty-free, irrevocable (except as stated in this section) patent license
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to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise transfer
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the Work, where such license applies only to those patent claims licensable
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by You that are necessarily infringed by Your Contribution(s) alone or by
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combination of Your Contribution(s) with the Work to which such
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Contribution(s) was submitted. If any entity institutes patent litigation
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against You or any other entity (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a
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lawsuit) alleging that your Contribution, or the Work to which you have
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contributed, constitutes direct or contributory patent infringement, then any
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patent licenses granted to that entity under this Agreement for that
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Contribution or Work shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed.
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4. You represent that you are legally entitled to grant the above license. If
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your employer(s) has rights to intellectual property that you create that
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includes your Contributions, you represent that you have received permission
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to make Contributions on behalf of that employer, that your employer has
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waived such rights for your Contributions to Twitter, or that your employer
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has executed a separate Corporate CLA with Twitter.
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5. You represent that each of Your Contributions is Your original creation (see
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section 7 for submissions on behalf of others). You represent that Your
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Contribution submissions include complete details of any third-party license
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or other restriction (including, but not limited to, related patents and
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trademarks) of which you are personally aware and which are associated with
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any part of Your Contributions.
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6. You are not expected to provide support for Your Contributions, except to the
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extent You desire to provide support. You may provide support for free, for a
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fee, or not at all. Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in
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writing, You provide Your Contributions on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
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WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied, including,
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without limitation, any warranties or conditions of TITLE, NON- INFRINGEMENT,
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MERCHANTABILITY, or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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7. Should You wish to submit work that is not Your original creation, You may
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submit it to Twitter separately from any Contribution, identifying the
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complete details of its source and of any license or other restriction
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(including, but not limited to, related patents, trademarks, and license
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agreements) of which you are personally aware, and conspicuously marking the
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work as "Submitted on behalf of a third-party: [named here]".
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8. You agree to notify Twitter of any facts or circumstances of which you become
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aware that would make these representations inaccurate in any respect.

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