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RDKM's, as it
establishes each party's rights and obligations with respect to You contributing
code to any open source
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Your present and future Contributions submitted to RDKM. Except for the license
granted herein to RDKM and
recipients of software distributed by RDKM, You reserve all right, title, and
interest in and to Your
Contributions and may distribute those Contributions to others on different
terms.
1.
Definitions
"You" (or "Your") means the copyright owner or legal entity authorized
by the
copyright owner that is making this Agreement with RDKM. 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.
"Contribution" means any original work of authorship, including any
modifications or additions
to an existing work, that is intentionally submitted by You to RDKM for
inclusion in, or
documentation of, any open source project owned or managed by RDKM (the
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verbal, or written
communication sent to RDKM or its representatives, including but not
limited to communication on
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by, or on behalf of, RDKM for the purpose of discussing and improving
the Work, but excluding
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Contribution."
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License
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through multiple tiers of
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License
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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.
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(see Section 7 for
submissions on behalf of others). You represent that Your Contribution
submissions include complete
details of any third-party license or other restrictions (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.
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provide support for Your Contributions, except to the extent You desire
to
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all. Unless required by
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including, without limitation, any
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or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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that is not Your original creation, You may submit it to RDKM
separately from any Contribution, identifying the complete details
of its source and of any
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patents, trademarks, and
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