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| 1 | +# Contributor License Agreement |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +Thank you for your contribution to this Twitter software project. In order to |
| 4 | +clarify the intellectual property rights in the project, and to grant licenses |
| 5 | +to the project to others, Twitter, Inc. ("Twitter") requires that you accept |
| 6 | +this Contributor License Agreement ("Agreement"). This license is for your |
| 7 | +protection as a Contributor as well as the protection of Twitter, its users, and |
| 8 | +its licensees; you may still license your own Contributions under other terms. |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +You accept and agree to the following terms and conditions for Your present and |
| 11 | +future Contributions submitted to Twitter. Except for the license granted herein |
| 12 | +to Twitter and recipients of software distributed by Twitter, You reserve all |
| 13 | +right, title, and interest in and to Your Contributions. **(If, however, you are |
| 14 | +a current or former employee of Twitter, your rights and/or Contributions may be |
| 15 | +governed by another agreement, including your Employee Invention Assignment, and |
| 16 | +nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as modifying the terms of any other |
| 17 | +such agreement.)** |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +1. Definitions. |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | + "You" (or "Your") shall mean the copyright owner or legal entity authorized |
| 22 | + by the copyright owner that is making this Agreement with Twitter. For legal |
| 23 | + entities, the entity making a Contribution and all other entities that |
| 24 | + control, are controlled by, or are under common control with that entity are |
| 25 | + considered to be a single Contributor. For the purposes of this definition, |
| 26 | + "control" means (i) the power, direct or indirect, to cause the direction or |
| 27 | + management of such entity, whether by contract or otherwise, or (ii) |
| 28 | + ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding shares, or (iii) |
| 29 | + beneficial ownership of such entity. |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | + "Contribution" shall mean any original work of authorship, including any |
| 32 | + modifications or additions to an existing work, that is intentionally |
| 33 | + submitted by You to Twitter for inclusion in, or documentation of, any of the |
| 34 | + products owned or managed by Twitter (the "Work"). For the purposes of this |
| 35 | + definition, "submitted" means any form of electronic, verbal, or written |
| 36 | + communication sent to Twitter or its representatives, including but not |
| 37 | + limited to communication on electronic mailing lists, source code control |
| 38 | + systems, and issue tracking systems that are managed by, or on behalf of, |
| 39 | + Twitter for the purpose of discussing and improving the Work, but excluding |
| 40 | + communication that is conspicuously marked or otherwise designated in writing |
| 41 | + by You as "Not a Contribution." |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +2. Grant of Copyright License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this |
| 44 | + Agreement, You hereby grant to Twitter and to recipients of software |
| 45 | + distributed by Twitter a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, |
| 46 | + royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative |
| 47 | + works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute Your |
| 48 | + Contributions and such derivative works. |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +3. Grant of Patent License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this |
| 51 | + Agreement, You hereby grant to Twitter and to recipients of software |
| 52 | + distributed by Twitter a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, |
| 53 | + royalty-free, irrevocable (except as stated in this section) patent license |
| 54 | + to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise transfer |
| 55 | + the Work, where such license applies only to those patent claims licensable |
| 56 | + by You that are necessarily infringed by Your Contribution(s) alone or by |
| 57 | + combination of Your Contribution(s) with the Work to which such |
| 58 | + Contribution(s) was submitted. If any entity institutes patent litigation |
| 59 | + against You or any other entity (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a |
| 60 | + lawsuit) alleging that your Contribution, or the Work to which you have |
| 61 | + contributed, constitutes direct or contributory patent infringement, then any |
| 62 | + patent licenses granted to that entity under this Agreement for that |
| 63 | + Contribution or Work shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed. |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +4. You represent that you are legally entitled to grant the above license. If |
| 66 | + your employer(s) has rights to intellectual property that you create that |
| 67 | + includes your Contributions, you represent that you have received permission |
| 68 | + to make Contributions on behalf of that employer, that your employer has |
| 69 | + waived such rights for your Contributions to Twitter, or that your employer |
| 70 | + has executed a separate Corporate CLA with Twitter. |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +5. You represent that each of Your Contributions is Your original creation (see |
| 73 | + section 7 for submissions on behalf of others). You represent that Your |
| 74 | + Contribution submissions include complete details of any third-party license |
| 75 | + or other restriction (including, but not limited to, related patents and |
| 76 | + trademarks) of which you are personally aware and which are associated with |
| 77 | + any part of Your Contributions. |
| 78 | + |
| 79 | +6. You are not expected to provide support for Your Contributions, except to the |
| 80 | + extent You desire to provide support. You may provide support for free, for a |
| 81 | + fee, or not at all. Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in |
| 82 | + writing, You provide Your Contributions on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT |
| 83 | + WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied, including, |
| 84 | + without limitation, any warranties or conditions of TITLE, NON- INFRINGEMENT, |
| 85 | + MERCHANTABILITY, or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. |
| 86 | + |
| 87 | +7. Should You wish to submit work that is not Your original creation, You may |
| 88 | + submit it to Twitter separately from any Contribution, identifying the |
| 89 | + complete details of its source and of any license or other restriction |
| 90 | + (including, but not limited to, related patents, trademarks, and license |
| 91 | + agreements) of which you are personally aware, and conspicuously marking the |
| 92 | + work as "Submitted on behalf of a third-party: [named here]". |
| 93 | + |
| 94 | +8. You agree to notify Twitter of any facts or circumstances of which you become |
| 95 | + aware that would make these representations inaccurate in any respect. |
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