# OxPulse Contributor License Agreement (CLA) This Contributor License Agreement ("Agreement") documents the rights granted by contributors to **OxPulse Inc.** ("OxPulse"). This Agreement is adapted from the Apache Software Foundation Individual and Corporate Contributor License Agreements and is required for contributions to `oxpulse-partner-edge` and other OxPulse projects. You accept and agree to the following terms and conditions for Your present and future Contributions submitted to OxPulse. Except for the license granted herein, You reserve all right, title, and interest in and to Your Contributions. --- ## 1. Definitions - **"You"** (or **"Your"**) means the copyright owner or legal entity authorized by the copyright owner that is making this Agreement with OxPulse. 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. - **"Contribution"** means any original work of authorship, including any modifications or additions to an existing work, that is intentionally submitted by You to OxPulse for inclusion in, or documentation of, any of the projects owned or managed by OxPulse (the "Work"). For the purposes of this definition, "submitted" means any form of electronic, verbal, or written communication sent to OxPulse or its representatives, 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, OxPulse for the purpose of discussing and improving the Work. ## 2. Grant of Copyright License Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, You hereby grant to OxPulse and to recipients of software distributed by OxPulse a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute Your Contributions and such derivative works. ## 3. Grant of Patent License Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, You hereby grant to OxPulse and to recipients of software distributed by OxPulse a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable (except as stated in this section) patent license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise transfer the Work, where such license applies only to those patent claims licensable by You that are necessarily infringed by Your Contribution(s) alone or by combination of Your Contribution(s) with the Work to which such Contribution(s) was submitted. If any entity institutes patent litigation against You or any other entity (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that Your Contribution, or the Work to which You have contributed, constitutes direct or contributory patent infringement, then any patent licenses granted to that entity under this Agreement for that Contribution or Work shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed. ## 4. Dual-licensing and Relicensing Right You **expressly grant OxPulse the right to relicense Your Contributions** under any license OxPulse chooses, including but not limited to: - The GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL-3.0) — the default license of `oxpulse-partner-edge`. - A commercial license offered by OxPulse to organizations that cannot accept AGPL terms, as described in [`LICENSE-COMMERCIAL.md`](LICENSE-COMMERCIAL.md). - Any future open-source or commercial license of OxPulse's choosing. This grant is **irrevocable** and is a material part of this Agreement. Without it, OxPulse cannot operate the dual-licensing model that funds ongoing development of the open-source bundle. ## 5. Representations You represent that: 1. You are legally entitled to grant the above license. If Your employer(s) have 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 OxPulse, or that Your employer has executed a separate Corporate CLA with OxPulse. 2. Each of Your Contributions is Your original creation (see Section 7 for submissions on behalf of others). 3. Your Contribution submissions include complete details of any third-party license or other restriction (including, but not limited to, related patents and trademarks) of which You are personally aware and which are associated with any part of Your Contributions. ## 6. Disclaimer 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. ## 7. Third-party submissions Should You wish to submit work that is not Your original creation, You may submit it to OxPulse separately from any Contribution, 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 personally aware, and conspicuously marking the work as "Submitted on behalf of a third-party: [named here]". ## 8. Notice of changes You agree to notify OxPulse of any facts or circumstances of which You become aware that would make the representations in this Agreement inaccurate in any respect. --- ## How to sign For most contributors, signing is automated via a CLA-assistant bot ([cla-assistant.io](https://cla-assistant.io/)) that prompts you on your first pull request. Read this Agreement, then accept it through the bot. For corporate contributors (Entity CLA), or if the bot is unavailable, sign by emailing a signed copy of this Agreement to **`legal@oxpulse.chat`** including: - Full legal name (individual) or registered company name (entity) - Country of residence or incorporation - GitHub username(s) covered by the agreement - For entities: name and title of the authorized signatory --- *Adapted from the Apache Software Foundation Individual Contributor License Agreement v2.0 and Corporate Contributor License Agreement v2.0 (https://www.apache.org/licenses/contributor-agreements.html), with the addition of an explicit relicensing grant in Section 4 to support the OxPulse dual-licensing model.*