Glow Contributor Agreement

Thank you for your interest in contributing to the Glow Library (“Glow Library”). The BBC welcomes contributions to the Glow Library from the community. 

In order to do accept contributions, we request that all contributors grant the BBC a license to the intellectual property rights in their Contributions. This Glow Contributor Agreement (“Agreement”) is intended to protect each contributor’s rights and help ensure that the intellectual property embodied within the Glow code can be used by the whole of the community. The Agreement does not change Your rights to use Your Contributions for any other purpose.

Please read this Agreement carefully before signing, keep a copy for Your records and send the signed copy to:

Glow
c/o Stephen Elson
MC3A2
BBC Media Centre
201 Wood Lane
London
W12 7TS
United Kingdom 

In consideration for the potential inclusion of Contributions in the Glow Library, You agree to the following terms and conditions: 

1. Definitions:
“You” or “Your” means the individual copyright owner, or company or organization if You are entering into the Glow Contributor Agreement as an authorized representative of Your company or organization.
“Contributions” means any past, present and future contributions of object code, source code and documentation submitted to the BBC (including electronically, verbally, written, by electronic mailing lists, source code control systems and issue tracking systems managed by or on behalf of the BBC), but excludes any communication marked “Not a Contribution”.

2. Grant of Copyright Licence - subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, You hereby grant to the BBC a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, fully paid-up, 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 Licence - subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, You hereby grant to the BBC a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, fully paid-up, royalty-free, irrevocable patent license to make, have made, use, import, and otherwise transfer Your Contributions.  This license applies only to those patent claims licensable by You (or persons or entities under your control) that are necessarily infringed by Your Contributions alone or by combination of Your Contributions with the Glow Library to which such Contribution(s) was submitted. 

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 the BBC.
 
5. You represent that, except as disclosed in Your Contribution submission(s), each of Your Contributions is Your original creation. Where Your Contribution includes any work which is owned or otherwise restricted by a third party, You should include this information in Your Contribution submission.
 
6. Your Contributions are provided to the BBC on an “AS IS” basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, including without limitation any warranties or conditions of MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. 

7. Neither party shall be liable to anyone for ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES OF ANY KIND arising out of the use of Your Contributions, even if the user has been advised of the possibility of such damages. 

8. This Glow Contributor Agreement shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales This Glow Contributor Agreement is the entire agreement between You and the BBC relating to the subject matter of this Glow Contributor Agreement which supersedes any prior agreement, whether written or oral, and may be amended only by a writing signed by both parties.  

Section A

If You are signing as an authorized representative on behalf of Your company or organization, please include the following and Section B.:

Organization name: 	_________________________________

Your Title:		_________________________________

Section B

If You are signing on your own behalf as an individual, please only complete the following:

Full Name: 	     _______________________________________

Signature:	     _______________________________________

Date:		     _______________________________________

Email:		     _______________________________________

GitHub Username: _______________________________________

Address:	     _______________________________________

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