SNIA Contributor License Acceptance
The following are the licensing terms for contributing I/O Trace Data files
to the IOTTA Repository . These
licensing terms must be accepted in order to contribute I/O Trace Data files
for inclusion within the IOTTA Repository:
Contributor License
The person, company, or entity ("Contributor") signing below hereby
contributes the accompanying trace tools and/or trace data files and
associated documentation ("Contribution") to SNIA, subject to the
following terms.
Copyright License.
If the contribution is contributed with any license approved
by the Open Source Initiative (OSI –
www.opensource.org/licenses ),
then Contributor hereby grants to SNIA a copyright license
in the Contribution in accordance with and subject to the
terms of said open source license.
If the contribution is contributed with any license not
approved by the Open Source Initiative, then Contributor
hereby grants to SNIA a non-exclusive, irrevocable,
worldwide, no-charge, transferable license under its
copyrights
to deal in the Contribution without restriction, including,
without limitation, the rights to use, copy, modify, merge,
publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the
Contribution, and to permit persons to whom the Contribution
is furnished to do so. Contributor retains its copyrights in
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copyrights to SNIA.
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grant the above license.
Contributor represents that the Contribution does not contain
confidential or proprietary information.
CONTRIBUTIONS ARE PROVIDED "AS-IS," WITH ALL FAULTS, DEFECTS AND
ERRORS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
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TORT, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF, OR IN CONNECTION WITH
THE
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consent to this license and submit it with each Contribution.
The "Trace Tools and Data Files Contributor License" as displayed above
is also available in
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