diff --git a/www/conservancy/apps/assignment/terms.py b/www/conservancy/apps/assignment/terms.py index 75549e2ec5e49f53fe159ea45b0983baa9fd5b64..72988313442e2011624604ff74ee23a8e62e4e75 100644 --- a/www/conservancy/apps/assignment/terms.py +++ b/www/conservancy/apps/assignment/terms.py @@ -3,119 +3,53 @@ import textwrap TERMS = textwrap.dedent("""\ Copyright Assignment Agreement - By checking the box below and submitting this form, you (``Assignor'') - enter into this Agreement between Assignor and - the Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc., a New York nonprofit corporation - located in Brooklyn, New York, which has received recognition of exemption - from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue - Code and classification as a public charity (the ``Conservancy''). + By checking the box below and submitting this form, you (``Assignor'') enter + into this Agreement between Assignor and the Software Freedom Conservancy, + Inc., a New York nonprofit corporation located in Brooklyn, New York, which + has received recognition of exemption from federal income tax under Section + 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and classification as a public + charity (the ``Conservancy''). For good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby - acknowledged, Assignor hereby transfers to the Conservancy its entire - right, title, and interest (including all rights under copyright) in the - work identified by the repositories, email addresses, names, and time - periods listed above, including original code, - accompanying documentation and supporting files, changes and enhancements - to the code and accompanying files, subject to the conditions - below. The original code, files, changes and enhancements, and - modifications are herein called the ``Work''. - - For the purposes of this contract, a work ``based on the Work'' means any - work that in whole or in part incorporates or is derived from all or part - of the Work. The Conservancy promises that the Work and any work ``based - on the Work'' distributed by the Conservancy or its assignees will be - distributed under one or more of the following licenses: - - * the license as set forth in Exhibit A (the ``MIT License''), - - * the GNU General Public License v2 or any later version (``GPL''), - as published by the Free Software Foundation, Inc., - - * the ``CC-By'' license as published by the Creative Commons, Inc., - - * the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States license - (``CC-By-SA''), - - * any other license determined to be a free software license by the - Free Software Foundation (``FSF'') and approved as an open source - license by the Open Source Initiative (``OSI''), - - * any other license determined to be a free culture compatible - license by the Creative Commons Corporation (``Creative - Commons'') and freedomdefined.org (``Freedom Defined''). - - In the event that either FSF or OSI ceases to maintain a list of approved - licenses for a period of one year and, for a period of six months, fails - to respond to a written request from the Conservancy regarding evaluation - of a new license which is not currently listed on either approved lists - (is ``Dormant''), the work may be distributed under that new license, - provided that new license is approved as a free software or open source - license by one of FSF or OSI, and the Conservancy also independently - determines the new license will allow the software to be freely copied, - modified, and redistributed by all its users (is a ``Free License''). In - the event that both FSF and OSI are Dormant, the Work may be distributed - under a license the Conservancy independently determines is a Free - Software License. - - In the event that either Creative Commons or Freedom Defined is Dormant, - the Work may be distributed under that new license, provided that new - license is approved as a free culture compatible license by one of the - Creative Commons or Freedom Defined, and the Conservancy also - independently determines the new license is a Free License. In the event - that both Creative Commons and Freedom Defined are Dormant, the Work may - be distributed under a license the Conservancy independently determines is - a Free Culture License. - - The Conservancy promises that any program ``based on the Work'' offered to - the public by the Conservancy or its assignees shall be offered in a - machine-readable source format, in addition to any other forms of the - Conservancy's choosing. However, the Conservancy is free to choose at its - convenience the media of distribution for the machine-readable source - format. - - The Conservancy hereby grants Assignor a royalty-free non-exclusive - license to use or sub-license the interests assigned hereunder for any - purpose. The Conservancy's rights shall otherwise continue unchanged. + acknowledged, Assignor hereby transfers to the Conservancy their entire + right, title, and interest in the copyright in the works identified by the + repositories, email addresses, names, and time periods listed above (the + “Works”). To the extent that the Assignor is assigning future rights, and + the rights in future works do not vest in Conservancy upon the Works’ + creation, Assignor agrees to assign, immediately following the creation, all + rights to Conservancy and irrevocably appoint Conservancy as their + attorney-in-fact to take any necessary steps to perfect Conservancy’s rights + under this Agreement. + + The Conservancy will use its discretion for any relicensing of the Works + under other free and open source software licenses. Decisions about + relicensing made by Conservancy will apply to its assignees and successors. + If you have any questions about Conservancy's relicensing philosophy, and + what limitations it may have because it is a public charity, please contact + us at copyright-assignment@sfconservancy.org . + + The Conservancy hereby grants Assignor a royalty-free non-exclusive license + to use the interests assigned hereunder for any purpose. The Conservancy's + rights shall otherwise continue unchanged. Assignor hereby grants to the Conservancy and to recipients of software distributed by the Conservancy a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable patent license to make, have made, - use, offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise transfer the Work, where + use, offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise transfer the Works, where such license applies only to those patent claims licensable by Assignor - that are necessarily infringed by the Work alone or by combination of - Assignor's contributions with the Work to which such contributions were + that are necessarily infringed by the Works alone or by combination of + Assignor's contributions with the Works to which such contributions were submitted. - Assignor hereby represents and warrants that it is the sole copyright - holder for the Work assigned hereunder and that it has the right and power - to enter into this contract. Assignor hereby indemnifies and holds - harmless the Conservancy, its officers, employees, and agents against any - and all claims, actions or damages (including reasonable attorney's fees) - asserted by or paid to any party on account of a breach or alleged breach - of the foregoing warranty. Assignor makes no other express or implied - warranty (including without limitation, in this disclaimer of warranty, - any warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR - PURPOSE). - - - Exhibit A - The MIT License - - Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a - copy of this software and associated documentation files (the - ``Software''), to deal in the Software without restriction, including - without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, - distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit - persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the - following conditions: - - The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in - all copies or substantial portions of the Software. - - THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR - IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, - FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL - THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER - LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING - FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER - DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.""") + Assignor hereby represents and warrants that the email addresses and user + identities identified above are unique to the Assignor, that no one but the + Assignor has made contributions using the email addresses and user + identities identified above, that the Assignor is the sole copyright holder + for the Works assigned hereunder, and that the Assignor has the right and + power to enter into this contract. Assignor hereby indemnifies and holds + harmless the Conservancy, its officers, employees, agents, successors, and + assigns against any and all claims, actions or damages (including reasonable + attorney's fees) asserted by or paid to any party on account of a breach or + alleged breach of the foregoing warranty. Assignor makes no other express or + implied warranty (including without limitation any warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE).""")