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Thank you for your interest in contributing to UVerify (the "Project"). This Contributor License Agreement ("Agreement") sets out the terms under which your contributions to the Project will be made.
- "You" (or "Your"): This refers to the individual or legal entity making a contribution to the Project.
- "Contribution": Any code, documentation, or other material that you submit to the Project, in any form, including but not limited to source code, object code, patches, bug fixes, documentation, or any other work.
- "Project": The UVerify project, including the repositories available under the GitHub organization https://github.com/UVerify-io, and any related repositories or subprojects within this organization. A publicly accessible instance of the Project is deployed as a web service at app.uverify.io.
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You acknowledge that the Project is currently licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL). However, You agree that Fabian Bormann, as the copyright holder, may relicense the Project under a different license in the future, including proprietary licenses, at their sole discretion.
You understand that the Project is under no obligation to use or include Your Contribution.
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- Any disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be resolved through arbitration in accordance with the rules of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS), with the seat of arbitration in Berlin, Germany.
- If any provision of this Agreement is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.
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