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NASA Individual Contributor License Agreement
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# NASA Individual Contributor License Agreement
In order to clarify the intellectual property license granted with
Contributions from any person or entity, The United States of America as
represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration ("NASA") must have a Contributor License Agreement ("Agreement"
or "CLA") on file that has been signed by each Contributor, indicating
agreement to the license terms below. These terms apply to Your Contributions
to the project named above ("Project Software"), including source code, object
code and accompanying documentation, if any. This license is for Your
protection as a Contributor as well as the protection of NASA; it does not
change Your rights to use Your Contributions for any other purpose.
Please read this Agreement carefully before signing, and keep a copy for your
records.
1. Definitions.
A. "You" or "Your" means the copyright/patent owner or legal entity
authorized by the copyright/patent owner that is making this Agreement
with NASA as a Contributor. 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.
B. "Contribution" means any Work, including Your own Works and third party
Works that you are authorized to submit, that is a Modification to the
Project Software and that is intentionally submitted by You to NASA for
inclusion in, or documentation of, the Project Software.
C. "Contributor" means NASA, as the original developer of the Project
Software, and any person or entity that makes a Contribution to the
Project Software.
D. "Derivative Work" shall have the meaning provided in Section 101 of
Title 17, United States Code (Copyrights).
E. "Modification" means any alteration of, including addition to or
deletion from, the substance or structure of the Project Software, and
includes Derivative Works.
F. "Recipient" means anyone who acquires the Project Software, or any
Contributions or Modifications to the Project Software.
G. A Contribution is "submitted" when any form of electronic, verbal, or
written communication is sent to NASA, 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, NASA
for the purpose of discussing and improving the Project Software. You
may exclude a communication with NASA from being a Contribution if the
communication is in a document that is separate from any Contribution
and is conspicuously marked or otherwise designated in writing by You
as "Not a Contribution."
H. "Work" means an original work of authorship fixed in any tangible
medium of expression now known or later developed, from which it can be
perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or
with the aid of a machine or device, which is protected by copyright,
including Derivative Works.
2. Contributor Grant of Copyright License. Subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, You hereby grant to NASA and to Recipients of Project
Software distributed by NASA a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide,
royalty- free, irrevocable (except as stated in Section 4) copyright
license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, redistribute, prepare
Derivative Works of, publicly display, publicly perform, and sublicense
Your Contributions and such Derivative Works.
3. Contributor Grant of Patent License. Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, You hereby grant to NASA and to Recipients of Project
Software distributed by NASA a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide,
royalty- free, irrevocable (except as stated in Section 4) patent license
to make, have made, use, distribute, reproduce, sell, offer to sell,
import, and otherwise transfer Your Contributions and Derivative Works
thereof, where such license applies only to those patent claims licensable
by You that are necessarily infringed by Your Contributions alone or by
combination of Your Contributions with the Project Software to which You
submitted the Contributions.
4. If any Recipient, institutes patent or copyright litigation against NASA or
any other Recipient (including a cross- claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit)
alleging that the Project Software or a Contribution incorporated within
the Project Software constitutes direct or contributory patent infringement
or copyright infringement, then any patent and copyright licenses granted
to the litigating Recipient under this Agreement for the Project Software
shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed.
5. You represent and warrant that You are legally entitled to grant the above
copyright and patent licenses. 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 NASA, or that Your employer has executed a separate
Corporate CLA with NASA.
6. You represent that each of Your Contributions is Your own Work or is a
third-party Work that you are authorized to submit (see section 7 for
submissions on behalf of others). You represent that each of Your
Contributions that is Your own Work is not subject to any agreements or
licenses that will impose additional terms and conditions on the Project
Software, other than those patent and copyright licenses referenced in
Sections 2 and 3.
7. Should You wish to submit a Contribution that is not Your own Work, You may
submit that third-party Work to NASA separately from Your own Work,
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 aware, and conspicuously marking
that third-party Work as "Submitted on behalf of a third-party: [named
here]".
8. You agree to notify NASA of any facts or circumstances of which You become
aware that would make these representations inaccurate in any respect.
9. 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.
10. Severability: If any provision of this Agreement is invalid or
unenforceable under applicable law, it shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of the remainder of the terms of this Agreement.
11. Applicable Law: This Agreement shall be subject to United States Federal
law for all purposes, including, but not limited to, determining the
validity of this Agreement, the meaning of its provisions and the rights,
obligations and remedies of the parties.
By signing below, You acknowledge and affirm that You are the copyright/patent
owner or an authorized representative of the copyright/patent owner, and that
You agree to the terms and conditions of this Agreement for Your present and
future Contributions submitted to NASA.
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