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This version of the Agreement allows an entity (the "Corporation") to submit Contributions to Stanford, to authorize Contributions submitted by its designated employees to Stanford, and to grant copyright and patent licenses thereto. If you have not already done so, please complete and send an original signed Agreement.
Scanned agreements are greatly preferred, and may be emailed in PDF form to java-nlp-support@mailman.stanford.edu . We also accept mailed forms to the following address:
Christopher Manning
Dept of Computer Science, Gates 2A
353 Serra Mall
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Please read this document carefully before signing and keep a copy for your records.
Corporation name: ___________________________________________________ Corporation address: ________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Point of Contact: ___________________________________________________ E-Mail: ____________________________________________________________ Telephone: _____________________ Fax: ___________________________
You accept and agree to the following terms and conditions for Your present and future Contributions submitted to Stanford. Except for the license granted herein to Stanford and recipients of software distributed by Stanford, You reserve all right, title, and interest in and to Your Contributions.
Definitions.
"You" (or "Your") shall mean the copyright owner or legal entity authorized by the copyright owner that is making this Agreement with Stanford. 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 the code, documentation or other original works of authorship expressly identified in Schedule B, as well as any original work of authorship, including any modifications or additions to an existing work, that is intentionally submitted by You to Stanford or to the StanfordNLP github site for inclusion in, or documentation of, any of the products owned or managed by Stanford (the "Work"). For the purposes of this definition, "submitted" means any form of electronic, verbal, or written communication sent to Stanford 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, Stanford 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."
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You represent that You are legally entitled to grant the above license. You represent further that each employee of the Corporation designated on Schedule A below (or in a subsequent written modification to that Schedule) is authorized to submit Contributions on behalf of the Corporation.
You represent that each of Your Contributions is Your original creation (see section 7 for submissions on behalf of others).
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.
Should You wish to submit work that is not Your original creation, You may submit it to Stanford 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]".
It is your responsibility to notify Stanford 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 Stanford.
Please sign: ___________________________________ Date: _______________ Title: _______________________________________________________________ Corporation: __________________________________________________________
[Initial list of designated employees. NB: authorization is not tied to particular Contributions.]
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[Identification of optional concurrent software grant. Would be left blank or omitted if there is no concurrent software grant.]
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