Red Hat Contributor License Agreement 1.0

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1 Red Hat Contributor License Agreement 1.0 Please check the appropriate box: Individual Corporation Corporations: This Red Hat Contributor License Agreement ( CLA ) allows an entity (a Corporation ) to authorize contributions from its designated employees who may have previously assigned rights in such contributions to the Corporation, typically pursuant to their employment agreements with the Corporation. Use Schedule A to provide a list of the individual contributors who will be covered by this CLA. Please read this CLA carefully before completing and signing it, and keep a copy for your records. Send an original copy of the completed and signed CLA to: Red Hat, Inc. Attn: CLA Legal Affairs 1801 Varsity Drive Raleigh, NC, USA If necessary, you may scan and a signed copy in PDF format to cla-legal@redhat.com or fax a signed copy to I have read, understand, accept and agree to the terms and conditions of this CLA as stated below. Individuals: Signature Date Print Name Corporations: Corporation Name Corporation Address Contact Name Telephone Fax Signature Date Corporations must complete the information required in Schedule A below. 1

2 1. Definitions. Terms and Conditions Projects refers to one or more of the projects listed in Appendix A. Contributor or you means the individual or legal entity that has signed this CLA and voluntarily submits a Contribution to the Projects. 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 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 or more of the outstanding shares of such entity, or (iii) beneficial ownership of such entity. Contribution means one or more original works of authorship, including a modification of or addition to an existing work, that you have submitted under this CLA for inclusion in, or documentation of, any of the products owned or managed by the Projects, where such original work originates from you or from some individual or legal entity acting on your behalf. Your Contribution is submitted when you cause any form of electronic or written communication containing your Contribution to be sent to the Projects, including but not limited to communication on electronic mailing lists, commitment using source code revision control systems, and submission to issue tracking systems that are managed by, or on behalf of, the Projects for the purpose of discussing, developing or improving software or documentation of the Projects, but excluding communication that is conspicuously marked or otherwise designated in writing by you as Not a Contribution. Or has its inclusive meaning. 2. Contributor Grant of License. You hereby grant to Red Hat, Inc. a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, fully paidup, royalty free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute your Contribution and derivative works thereof. You hereby grant to Red Hat, Inc., and to all who directly or indirectly receive your Contribution, or derivative works thereof, from or through Red Hat, Inc. or the Projects, a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, fully paid-up, royalty free, irrevocable (subject to section 3) patent license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise transfer your Contribution and derivative works thereof; provided, however, that such license applies only to those patent claims licensable by you that are infringed by your Contribution alone or by combination of your Contribution with the work to which you submitted the Contribution. Apart from the licenses granted in this section, you reserve all right, title and interest in and to your Contribution. 3. If any entity institutes patent litigation against you or any other entity (including a crossclaim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that you or such other entity has directly or contributorily infringed a patent as a result of some act of making, having made, using, offering to sell, selling, or importing your Contribution, or the combination of your Contribution with the work to which you submitted the Contribution, then any patent license granted by you under this CLA to the entity instituting patent litigation shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed. 2

3 4. You represent that you are legally entitled to grant the licenses in section 2. If your employer has rights to your Contribution, you represent that you have received permission to submit your Contribution on behalf of that employer, that your employer has waived such rights for your Contribution to the Projects, or that your employer has executed a separate contributor license agreement with Red Hat, Inc. 5. You represent that your Contribution is your original work (see section 7 for submissions on behalf of others). You represent that your submission of your Contribution includes complete details of any third-party license or other restriction (including, but not limited to, related copyrights, patents and trademarks) of which you are personally aware and which are associated with any part of your Contribution. 6. Except as expressly set forth in this CLA, you provide your Contribution on an AS IS BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, either express or implied, including, without limitation, any warranties of NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABIL- ITY, or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 7. Should you wish to submit work that is not your original work, you may submit it to the Projects separately from your Contribution, identifying the complete details of its origin and of any license or other restriction (including, but not limited to, related copyrights, patents and trademarks) of which you are personally aware, and conspicuously marking the work to show it has been submitted on behalf of a third party and the name of that party. 8. You agree to notify the Projects of any facts or circumstances of which you become aware that would make your representations in this CLA inaccurate in any respect. It is your responsibility to notify the Projects when any change is required to the list of designated employees authorized to submit Contributions on behalf of the Corporation, or to the Corporation s point of contact with the Projects, whether or not the Projects may be aware of a change of employment or other circumstances that might imply such a change. 9. The Projects are under no obligation to accept and include your Contribution. 10. You are under no obligation to provide support for your Contribution. 3

4 Schedule A: Initial List of Designated Contributors Name of Contributor 4

5 Appendix A: List of Current Projects (as of March 1, 2008) Fedora Project FreeIPA JBoss.org 108 DevFu Please note that this list is subject to change by Red Hat, Inc. 5