Blue Oak Contributor License 1.0.0

Blue Oak Council’s contributor license gives project stewards the rights and assurances they need to accept and manage contributions.

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Blue Oak Contributor License

Version 1.0.0

Purpose

This license gives the steward of a software project the legal rights and assurances it needs to accept contributions covered by intellectual property rights.

Copyright

The contributor licenses the steward to do everything with their contributions that would otherwise infringe their copyrights in them.

Patent

The contributor licenses the steward to do everything with their contributions that would otherwise infringe any patent claims they can license or become able to license.

Sublicensing

The steward can license the contributions to others in turn, under whatever terms it chooses.

Reliability

The contributor cannot revoke this license.

Termination

The contributor can stop this license from covering contributions submitted in the future by writing the steward through one of the channels it uses to receive contributions. Contributions the contributor submitted before remain under this license.

Awareness

The contributor is aware that because of legal rules and contracts, they may need to get someone else’s permission to submit contributions, even of their own work. For example, “work made for hire” rules can make employers and clients the owners of copyrights in the contributor’s work. Contracts with clients, or to form new companies, may make them the owners of copyrights in the contributor’s work.

Rights

All work in contributions the contributor submits for inclusion in the project will be either:

• their own work, which they own the copyrights in or have permission to submit

• work licensed by others under permissive license terms that Blue Oak Council rates “bronze” or better at https://blueoakcouncil.org/list

Notices

The contributor promises to copy copyright notices, license terms, and other licensing-related notices for work licensed by others in their contributions, so the steward can tell what work is licensed by others under what terms and follow their notice requirements.

No Liability

As far as the law allows, contributions under this license come as is, without any warranty or condition, except those under “Rights” above.

As far as the law allows, the contributor will not be liable to anyone for any damages related to contributions under this license, under any kind of legal claim, except for claims under “Rights” above.

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# Blue Oak Contributor License

Version 1.0.0

## Purpose

This license gives the steward of a software project
the legal rights and assurances it needs to accept
contributions covered by intellectual property rights.

## Copyright

The contributor licenses the steward to do everything with
their contributions that would otherwise infringe their
copyrights in them.

## Patent

The contributor licenses the steward to do everything with
their contributions that would otherwise infringe any patent
claims they can license or become able to license.

## Sublicensing

The steward can license the contributions to others in
turn, under whatever terms it chooses.

## Reliability

The contributor cannot revoke this license.

## Termination

The contributor can stop this license from covering
contributions submitted in the future by writing the steward
through one of the channels it uses to receive contributions.
Contributions the contributor submitted before remain under
this license.

## Awareness

The contributor is aware that because of legal rules and
contracts, they may need to get someone else's permission to
submit contributions, even of their own work.  For example,
"work made for hire" rules can make employers and clients
the owners of copyrights in the contributor's work.
Contracts with clients, or to form new companies, may make
them the owners of copyrights in the contributor's work.

## Rights

All work in contributions the contributor submits for
inclusion in the project will be either:

- their own work, which they own the copyrights in or
  have permission to submit

- work licensed by others under permissive license
  terms that Blue Oak Council rates "bronze" or better at
  <https://blueoakcouncil.org/list>

## Notices

The contributor promises to copy copyright notices,
license terms, and other licensing-related notices for
work licensed by others in their contributions, so the
steward can tell what work is licensed by others under
what terms and follow their notice requirements.

## No Liability

***As far as the law allows, contributions under this
license come as is, without any warranty or condition,
except those under "Rights" above.***

***As far as the law allows, the contributor will not be
liable to anyone for any damages related to contributions
under this license, under any kind of legal claim, except
for claims under "Rights" above.***

Permission

Each contributor licenses you to do everything with this form that would otherwise infringe that contributor’s copyright in it.

This license does not allow you to infringe Blue Oak Council’s trademarks. If you make changes to the form, you must call your changed version something other than “Blue Oak”.

As far as the law allows, the form comes as is, without any warranty at all, and no contributor will be liable to anyone for any damages related to the form or its use, for any kind of legal claim.