Contribution guide

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Thank you for your interest in contributing to jDynaEcon ("We" or "Us").

This contributor agreement ("Agreement") documents the rights granted by contributors to Us. To make this document effective, please sign it and send it to Us by electronic submission, following the instructions at https://jdynaecon.atlassian.net/wiki/display/JDYNDC/Contribution+guide. This is a legally binding document, so please read it carefully before agreeing to it.

This document covers all software projects managed by Us, without having to explicitly state so with every project. The aforesaid applies automatically, unless stated otherwise.

Simplified explanation:

• The jDynaEcon Project will be from now on referred to as We or Us
• It is a legally binding agreement between Us and You
• It implicitly applies to any project governed by us

1. Definitions

"You" means the individual who Submits a Contribution to Us.

"Contribution" means any work of authorship that is Submitted by You to Us in which You own or assert ownership of the Copyright. If You do not own the Copyright in the entire work of authorship, please follow the instructions in https://jdynaecon.atlassian.net/wiki/display/JDYNDC/Contribution+guide.

"Copyright" means all rights protecting works of authorship owned or controlled by You, including copyright, moral and neighboring rights, as appropriate, for the full term of their existence including any extensions by You.

"Material" means the work of authorship which is made available by Us to third parties. When this Agreement covers more than one software project, the Material means the work of authorship to which the Contribution was Submitted. After You Submit the Contribution, it may be included in the Material.

"Submit" means any form of electronic, verbal, or written communication sent to Us or our representatives, including but not limited to electronic mailing lists, source code control systems, and issue tracking systems that are managed by, or on behalf of, Us for the purpose of discussing and improving the Material, but excluding communication that is conspicuously marked or otherwise designated in writing by You as "Not a Contribution."

"Submission Date" means the date on which You Submit a Contribution to Us.

"Effective Date" means the date You execute this Agreement or the date You first Submit a Contribution to Us, whichever is earlier.

"Media" means any portion of a Contribution which is not software.

• You are You
• Contributuion is anything You send Us and don't explicitly mark with "This is not a contribution to the jDynaEcon Project"
• Copyright =  Your right to keep Yours what's Yours
• Material is anything We create from Your contributions. Typically a source code of the whole project put together, compiled JARs etc.
• Submit means "to send by email, chat, snailmail, Git etc. to Us"
• Effective date is the date when You sign this agreement
• Media is any part of Your contributuion that is not software. That includes documentation, propagational texts and videos, graphics etc.

2. Grant of Rights

2.1 Copyright License

(a) You retain ownership of the Copyright in Your Contribution and have the same rights to use or license the Contribution which You would have had without entering into the Agreement.

(b) To the maximum extent permitted by the relevant law, You grant to Us a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, irrevocable license under the Copyright covering the Contribution, with the right to sublicense such rights through multiple tiers of sublicensees, to reproduce, modify, display, perform and distribute the Contribution as part of the Material; provided that this license is conditioned upon compliance with Section 2.3.

• You get to keep Yours what's Yours
• You can do anything you want with it, even after contributing it to Us
• We, on the other hand, can use it as well, without paying You any fees for it, anywhere in the world for any purpose (we won't abuse this, I promise )
• You cannot take this back. Once the contribuion is made, it is final.
• (You can get in touch with Us though and we can talk about it like two adults...)

2.2 Patent License

For patent claims including, without limitation, method, process, and apparatus claims which You own, control or have the right to grant, now or in the future, You grant to Us a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, irrevocable patent license, with the right to sublicense these rights to multiple tiers of sublicensees, to make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale, import and otherwise transfer the Contribution and the Contribution in combination with the Material (and portions of such combination). This license is granted only to the extent that the exercise of the licensed rights infringes such patent claims; and provided that this license is conditioned upon compliance with Section 2.3.

• The same applies to any patent claims you might submit
• If you register a patent for any code or other media contributed to us, you automaticaly allow us to use it without paying any patent fees

2.3 Outbound License

As a condition on the grant of rights in Sections 2.1 and 2.2, We agree to license the Contribution only under the terms of the license or licenses which We are using on the Submission Date for the Material (including any rights to adopt any future version of a license if permitted).

In addition, We may use the following licenses for Media in the Contribution: GNU Free Documentation License v1.3 (including any right to adopt any future version of a license if permitted).

2.4 Moral Rights. If moral rights apply to the Contribution, to the maximum extent permitted by law, You waive and agree not to assert such moral rights against Us or our successors in interest, or any of our licensees, either direct or indirect.

2.5 Our Rights. You acknowledge that We are not obligated to use Your Contribution as part of the Material and may decide to include any Contribution We consider appropriate.

2.6 Reservation of Rights. Any rights not expressly licensed under this section are expressly reserved by You.

• We agree to share all your contributions under tha same license it was published initially (currently GPLv3) and retain that even if we change the license
• For any contributed documentation, we will use the GNU Free Documentation License v1.3 (basically a GPL for Docs)

3. Agreement

You confirm that:

(a) You have the legal authority to enter into this Agreement.

(b) You own the Copyright and patent claims covering the Contribution which are required to grant the rights under Section 2.

(c) The grant of rights under Section 2 does not violate any grant of rights which You have made to third parties, including Your employer. If You are an employee, You have had Your employer approve this Agreement or sign the Entity version of this document. If You are less than eighteen years old, please have Your parents or guardian sign the Agreement.

(d) You have followed the instructions in https://jdynaecon.atlassian.net/wiki/display/JDYNDC/Contribution+guide, if You do not own the Copyright in the entire work of authorship Submitted.

• You agree, that you have the legal capacity to sign this.
• You exclusively own the rights to all content you contribute
• You are over 18 yearls old (or your country's age of majority) or your parents are signing this on your behalf

4. Disclaimer

EXCEPT FOR THE EXPRESS WARRANTIES IN SECTION 3, THE CONTRIBUTION IS PROVIDED "AS IS". MORE PARTICULARLY, ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED BY YOU TO US. TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY SUCH WARRANTIES CANNOT BE DISCLAIMED, SUCH WARRANTY IS LIMITED IN DURATION TO THE MINIMUM PERIOD PERMITTED BY LAW.

5. Consequential Damage Waiver

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL YOU 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.

• Your contribution is provided as-is and neither of us can sue the other side if something goes wrong

6.1 This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Czech Republic excluding its conflicts of law provisions. Under certain circumstances, the governing law in this section might be superseded by the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods ("UN Convention") and the parties intend to avoid the application of the UN Convention to this Agreement and, thus, exclude the application of the UN Convention in its entirety to this Agreement.

6.2 This Agreement sets out the entire agreement between You and Us for Your Contributions to Us and overrides all other agreements or understandings.

6.3 If You or We assign the rights or obligations received through this Agreement to a third party, as a condition of the assignment, that third party must agree in writing to abide by all the rights and obligations in the Agreement.

6.4 The failure of either party to require performance by the other party of any provision of this Agreement in one situation shall not affect the right of a party to require such performance at any time in the future. A waiver of performance under a provision in one situation shall not be considered a waiver of the performance of the provision in the future or a waiver of the provision in its entirety.

6.5 If any provision of this Agreement is found void and unenforceable, such provision will be replaced to the extent possible with a provision that comes closest to the meaning of the original provision and which is enforceable. The terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement shall apply notwithstanding any failure of essential purpose of this Agreement or any limited remedy to the maximum extent possible under law.

The jDynaEcon project and all its subsidiaries are legally represented by a private entity of natural person and are in no way affiliated with any legal entity or company.

• We live in the Czech republic and have to follow local Laws
• The jDynaEcon Project belongs to an actual individual living person, not a company.