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.
Markdown
# 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.