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Maarch Contributor Agreement  
 
These terms apply to your contribution of materials to a product  
or project owned or managed by us ('project'), and set out the  
intellectual property rights you grant to us (Maarch) in the  
contributed materials. If this contribution is on behalf of a  
company, the term 'you' will also mean the company you identify  
below. If you agree to be bound by these terms, fill in the  
information requested below and provide your signature. Read this  
agreement carefully before signing.  
 
1. The term 'contribution' means any source code, object code,  
patch, tool, sample, graphic, specification, manual,  
documentation, or any other material posted or submitted by you to  
a project.  
 
2. With respect to any worldwide copyrights, or copyright  
applications and registrations, in your contribution:  
    • you hereby assign to us joint ownership, and to the extent  
that such assignment is or becomes invalid, ineffective or  
unenforceable, you hereby grant to us a perpetual, irrevocable,  
non­exclusive, worldwide, no­charge, royalty­free, unrestricted  
license to exercise all rights under those copyrights. This  
includes, at our option, the right to sublicense these same rights  
to third parties through multiple levels of sublicensees or other  
licensing arrangements;  
    • you agree that each of us can do all things in relation to  
your contribution as if each of us were the sole owners, and if  
one of us makes a derivative work of your contribution, the one  
who makes the derivative work (or has it made) will be the sole  
owner of that derivative work;  
    • you agree that you will not assert any moral rights in your  
contribution against us, our licensees or transferees;  
    • you agree that we may register a copyright in your  
contribution and exercise all ownership rights associated with it;  
and 
    • you agree that neither of us has any duty to consult with,  
obtain the consent of, pay or render an accounting to the other  
for any use or distribution of your contribution.  
 
3. With respect to any patents you own, or that you can license  
without payment to any third party, you hereby grant to us a  
perpetual, irrevocable, non­exclusive, worldwide, no­charge,  
royalty­free license to:  
    • make, have made, use, sell, offer to sell, import, and  
otherwise transfer your contribution in whole or in part, alone or   
in combination with or included in any product, work or materials  
arising out of the project to which your contribution was  
submitted, and  
    • at our option, to sublicense these same rights to third  
parties through multiple levels of sublicensees or other licensing  
arrangements.  
 
4. Except as set out above, you keep all right, title, and  
interest in your contribution. The rights that you grant to us  
under these terms are effective on the date you first submitted a  
contribution to us, even if your submission took place before the  
date you sign these terms. Any contribution we make available  
under any license will also be made available under a suitable FSF  
(Free Software Foundation) or OSI (Open Source Initiative)  
approved license.  
 
5. Public Domain United Stated Government Works: Sections 1  
through 4 of this agreement do not apply to any Contribution to  
the extent that it is a work of the United States Government for  
which copyright is unavailable under 17 U.S.C. 105. However, any  
contribution will be made available under a suitable FSF (Free  
Software Foundation) or OSI (Open Source Initiative) approved  
license.  
 
6.With respect to your contribution, you represent that:  
    • it is an original work and that you can legally grant the  
rights set out in these terms;  
    • it does not to the best of your knowledge violate any third  
party's copyrights, trademarks, patents, or other intellectual  
property rights; and  
    • you are authorized to sign this contract on behalf of your  
company (if identified below).  
 
7.These terms will be governed by the laws of the State of  
California and applicable U.S. Federal law. Any choice of law  
rules will not apply.  
If available, please list your username(s) and the name of the  
project(s) (or project website(s)) for which you would like to  
contribute materials.  
 
    Your username:  
    Project name (or project website):  
    Your contact information (Please print clearly):  
    Your name:  
    Your company's name (if applicable):  
    Mailing address:   
    Telephone, Fax and Email:  
    Your signature:  
    Date:  
 
To deliver these terms to us, scan and email, or fax a signed copy  
to us using the email address info@Maarch.org  
 
Maarch Contributor Agreement – version 2.0  
This document is licensed under a Creative Commons  
Attribution­Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. This document is  
based on original work from Sun Microsystems.  
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by­sa/3.0/