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# Contributor License Agreement

To participate in MAPS.ME development you need to sign an agreement.
It protects your and our rights to the code. Please read
[this nice article](http://infrequently.org/2008/06/why-do-i-need-to-sign-this/)
for an elaboration on reasons to sign such agreements.

NOTE: This is only a preview of the individual agreement.
Head to [maps.me/cla](http://maps.me/cla/) to sign the actual form.

## My.com Individual Contributor License Agreement

In order to clarify the intellectual property license granted with Contributions from any person
or entity, My.com B.V. ("My.com") must have a Contributor License Agreement ("CLA") on file that has
been signed by each Contributor, indicating agreement to the license terms below. This license is
for your protection as a Contributor as well as the protection of My.com; it does not change your
rights to use your own Contributions for any other purpose.

You accept and agree to the following terms and conditions for Your present and future Contributions
submitted to My.com. Except for the license granted herein to My.com and recipients of software
distributed by My.com, You reserve all right, title, and interest in and to Your Contributions.

1. Definitions.
    * "You" (or "Your") shall mean the copyright owner or legal entity authorized by the copyright
owner that is making this Agreement with My.com. 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" shall mean any original work of authorship, including any modifications or
additions to an existing work, that is intentionally submitted by You to My.com for inclusion in,
or documentation of, any of the products owned or managed by My.com (the "Work"). For the purposes
of this definition, "submitted" means any form of electronic, verbal, or written communication sent
to My.com or its representatives, including but not limited to communication on electronic mailing
lists, source code control systems, and issue tracking systems that are managed by, or on behalf of,
My.com for the purpose of discussing and improving the Work, but excluding communication that is
conspicuously marked or otherwise designated in writing by You as "Not a Contribution."

2. Grant of Copyright License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, You hereby grant
to My.com and to recipients of software distributed by My.com a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive,
no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of,
publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute Your Contributions and such derivative works.

3. Grant of Patent License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, You hereby grant
to My.com and to recipients of software distributed by My.com a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive,
no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable (except as stated in this section) patent 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.

4. You represent that you are legally entitled to grant the above license. If your employer(s) has
rights to intellectual property that you create that includes your Contributions, you represent that
you have received permission to make Contributions on behalf of that employer, that your employer
has waived such rights for your Contributions to My.com, or that your employer has executed
a separate Corporate CLA with My.com.

5. You represent that each of Your Contributions is Your original creation (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 restriction (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.

6. You are not expected to provide support for Your Contributions, except to the extent You desire
to provide support. You may provide support for free, for a fee, or not at all. Unless required
by applicable law or agreed to in writing, You provide Your Contributions on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied, including, without limitation,
any warranties or conditions of TITLE, NON- INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.

7. Should You wish to submit work that is not Your original creation, You may submit it to My.com
separately from any Contribution, identifying the complete details of its source and of any license
or other restriction (including, but not limited to, related patents, trademarks, and license agreements)
of which you are personally aware, and conspicuously marking the work as "Submitted on behalf of
a third-party: [named here]".

8. You agree to notify My.com of any facts or circumstances of which you become aware that would
make these representations inaccurate in any respect.