diff --git a/Contributor_License_Agreement.md b/Contributor_License_Agreement.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..168000d --- /dev/null +++ b/Contributor_License_Agreement.md @@ -0,0 +1,123 @@ +# **DRÄGER CONTRIBUTOR LICENSE** AGREEMENT + +At Dräger, we are keen on promoting Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) — +both for our own use and the use in the FOSS Community. For Us and for You to +be certain what it means legally to contribute to one of our Projects, we are +required to have this Agreement in place. It governs the way We are allowed to +make use of your Contribution and the Project it is part of. + +This is a legally binding document, so please read it carefully before agreeing +to it. + +Please note that by convention We capitalize the first letter of each word that +is defined to have a specific meaning in this Agreement. + +By submitting Your Contribution to Us or to a Subsidiary of Us, You accept and +agree to be bound to the following terms and conditions of this Agreement +regarding Your Contribution. This Agreements becomes effective when we accept +Your Contribution. Please note that We are under no obligation to use Your +Contribution or to continue to use a Contribution in any of our Projects. +Except for the license granted herein to Us and to the recipients of the +open-source software made available by Us or by our Subsidiaries and/or +Affiliates, You reserve all right, title, and interest in and to Your +Contributions. + +## 1. Definitions + +"**Dräger**", "**Us**" or "**We**" means Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA or any of our +Subsidiaries and/or Affiliates initiating or maintaining the open-source +software project You intend to provide Your Contribution to. + +1.1 "**You**" (or "**Your**") shall mean the natural person or legal entity +entering into this Agreement with Us. + +1.2 "**Copyright**" means all rights protecting works of authorship owned or +controlled by You or Your Affiliates, for the full term of their existence. + +1.3 "**Affiliates**" means other legal entities that Control, are Controlled +by, or under common Control (with) a legal entity. + +1.4 "**Subsidiaries**" means other legal entities that are controlled by a +legal entity whereas control means (i) the power, direct or indirect, to cause +the direction or management of such legal entity, whether by contract or +otherwise, (ii) ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding +shares or securities which vote to elect the management or other persons who +direct such legal entity or (iii) beneficial ownership of such entity. + +1.5 "**Contribution**" means any original work of authorship, including any +modifications or additions to an existing work, in which You own that copyright +and that You Submit to Us for inclusion in the Project. + +"**Project**" means the work of authorship which is made available by Us to +third parties which may or may not include Your Contribution. + +1.6 "**Submission Date**" means the date on which You Submit a Contribution to +Us. + +"**Submit**" means any form of electronic, verbal, or written communication +sent to Us, our Subsidiaries, Affiliates or our representatives, including but +not limited to electronic mailing lists, source code management systems, and +issue tracking systems that are managed by, or on behalf of, Us for the purpose +of discussing and improving the Project. + +## 2. Grant of Copyright License. + +You hereby grant to Us a perpetual, +worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, transferable, copyright +license to use the Contribution by all means, including, but not limited to, +reproduce, publish, modify, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, +publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute Your Contributions and such +derivative works. This includes all purposes, both commercial and +non-commercial activities. + +## 3. Grant of Patent License. + +You hereby grant to Us and to the recipients of the Project a perpetual, +worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, perpetual, transferable, +patent license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, and +otherwise transfer the Project. This license applies to those patent claims +licensable by You or by Your Affiliates that are necessarily infringed by Your +Contribution(s) alone or by combination of Your Contribution(s) with the +Project to which such Contribution(s) was submitted and covers both patens that +are already acquired and those that are acquired hereafter. + +## 4. Our Right to Enforce Infringement Claims. + +You hereby authorize Us to assert claims in our name against third parties +arising from the infringement of Your Copyrights vested in the Contribution. To +the extent possible under applicable law, the right to assert claims applies to +all of Your claims resulting from the infringement of Your Copyrights, +including, without limitation, the right to demand the third party to cease and +desist the infringing use, to demand information regarding the infringement and +to destroy infringing products. You accept that We are under no obligation to +assert such claims against third parties violating Your Copyrights. Your right +to assert Your claims against third party infringers yourself remains +unaffected. + +## 5. Representations + +You represent that You are legally entitled to grant the above licenses. You +especially represent that each of Your Contributions is either Your original +creation or, if You are a legal entity, the original creation of Your (or of +Your Affiliates\') employees as part of their work for You (or for Your +Affiliate), or, if neither You nor (if You are a legal entity) Your employees +have created the Contribution as part of their work for You, that You are +authorized to Submit the Contribution and to grant the licenses set out herein +by the person or legal entity owning the rights to such Contribution. In case +You have created the Contribution as an employee and You submit it, You +represent that You are authorized by Your employer to submit the Contribution +and to grant to Us the licenses set out herein. You represent that the use of +Your Contribution is not subjected to any third-party license or other +restriction (including, but not limited to, related patents and trademarks -- +patents and trademarks only those of which you are aware of) that would +restrict our ability to use Your Contribution as provided herein. You agree to +notify Us of any facts or circumstances of which you become aware that would +make these representations inaccurate in any respect. + +## 6. Limitation of liability + +TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL YOU OR WE +BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF DATA, +INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL AND EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING OUT +OF THIS AGREEMENT REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY (CONTRACT, TORT +OR OTHERWISE) UPON WHICH THE CLAIM IS BASED. diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 85e4b89..202a5e2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ application. [More information on SDC.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_11073_service-oriented_device_connectivity) +For this open source project the [Contributor License Agreement](Contributor_License_Agreement.md) governs all +relevant activities and your contributions.\ +By contributing to the project you agree to be bound by this Agreement and to license your work accordingly. + ## Installation ### Building the package locally (Linux)