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1 % 2 % Copyright assignment to GNUnet e.V. in der Fassung vom 20.1.2016 3 % Inhaltliche Korrekturen von ng0 bis zum 14.03 2019: 4 % - URL changes (git repository location) 5 % - Lizenzaenderung (GPL3 -> AGPL3) 6 % 7 \documentclass[a4paper]{article} %,titlepage 8 %\documentclass{article} 9 \usepackage{german,url,a4wide} 10 \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} 11 \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} 12 \usepackage{graphicx} 13 \usepackage[% 14 pdftitle = {Copyright assignment}, 15 %% pdfsubject = {}, 16 pdfpagemode=UseOutlines, 17 colorlinks=false, 18 %% linkcolor=black, 19 %% filecolor=black, 20 %% urlcolor=black, 21 %% citecolor=black 22 pdftex=true, 23 plainpages=false, 24 hypertexnames=true,%false, 25 pdfpagelabels=true, 26 hyperindex=true% 27 ]{hyperref} 28 29 30 \newcommand{\zweidrittel}{2/3} 31 \renewcommand{\thesection}{\S\arabic{section}} 32 \renewcommand{\thepart}{\alph{part})} 33 %begin{latexonly} 34 \makeatletter 35 \renewcommand\l@section[2]{% 36 \ifnum \c@tocdepth >\z@ 37 \addpenalty\@secpenalty 38 \addvspace{1.0em \@plus\p@}% 39 \setlength\@tempdima{2.0em}% 40 \begingroup 41 \parindent \z@ \rightskip \@pnumwidth 42 \parfillskip -\@pnumwidth 43 \leavevmode \bfseries 44 \advance\leftskip\@tempdima 45 \hskip -\leftskip 46 #1\nobreak\hfil \nobreak\hb@xt@\@pnumwidth{\hss #2}\par 47 \endgroup 48 \fi} 49 \makeatother 50 %end{latexonly} 51 52 \newenvironment{enumpar}{% 53 %begin{latexonly} 54 \renewcommand{\labelenumi}{\theenumi}% 55 \renewcommand{\theenumi}{(\arabic{enumi})}% 56 \renewcommand{\labelenumii}{\theenumii}% 57 \renewcommand{\theenumii}{(\alph{enumii})}% 58 %end{latexonly} 59 \begin{enumerate}} 60 {\end{enumerate}} 61 62 \newcommand{\parref}[2]{\ref{#1}\ref{#2}} 63 64 65 \title{Copyright Assignment Agreement \\ for Contributors to GNUnet} 66 \date{} 67 \begin{document} 68 \maketitle 69 %\textit{\small{Aus Gründen der Lesbarkeit werden im 70 % Folgenden weitgehend männliche Bezeichnungen verwendet. Natürlich 71 % sind in jedem Falle weibliche wie männliche Personen gleichermaßen 72 % gemeint und angesprochen. Wir bitten darum die jeweils weiblichen 73 % Fassungen mitzudenken.}} 74 \noindent 75 {\bf Between:} 76 77 GNUnet e.V., a German association of GNUnet developers 78 registered in M\"unchen and seated in Garching bei M\"unchen, 79 represented by 80 81 \vspace{2cm} 82 83 an authorized currently elected representative of the 84 GNUnet e.V. Vorstand, hereinafter referred to as {\bf ``GNUnet e.V.''}, 85 86 \noindent 87 {\bf And:} 88 % Note: pseudonymous contributions are still OK! 89 % Then we just put the pseudonym. 90 91 \vspace{4cm} 92 hereinafter referred to as {\bf ``the Contributor''}. 93 94 \vspace{0.5cm} 95 96 \noindent 97 {\bf IT HAVING BEEN PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED:} 98 \begin{itemize} 99 \item That the GNUnet project is directed and supported by GNUnet e.V., 100 which aims to develop the GNUnet software as part of the GNU project, 101 distributed under license GNU AGPL v3+ on the date of signing of this 102 contract; 103 \item That this development project is opened to contributions 104 submitted by individuals outside of GNUnet e.V., contributions which 105 may be officially submitted by their holder to GNUnet e.V. for the 106 purpose of being integrated by the latter into the GNUnet software, 107 in successive versions edited and distributed by GNUnet e.V. or the 108 GNU project; 109 \item That GNUnet e.V. wishes, in this context, to centralize copyright 110 ownership on any new contribution integrated into the GNUnet software 111 edited and distributed by it; 112 \item That the Contributor wishes to participate, or authorize its 113 personnel to participate, in the development of the aforementioned 114 software. 115 \end{itemize} 116 117 \noindent 118 {\bf IT HAS BEEN AGREED AS FOLLOWS:} 119 120 \section{Definition} 121 122 \begin{itemize} 123 \item {\bf ``Software'':} means the GNUnet software available at 124 {\tt https://git.gnunet.org/} and on GNU's FTP mirrors, in its 125 present version and future versions, distributed under the GNU AGPL 126 v3 license at the date of the signing of this contract, or any 127 other license chosen by GNUnet e.V. 128 \end{itemize} 129 130 However, ``Software'' does not mean the versions derived from the 131 Software, developed and distributed by the Contributor, independently 132 of the successive versions edited and distributed by GNUnet e.V., in 133 accordance with the rights granted to the Contributor by the GNU AGPL 134 v3+ license. 135 136 \begin{itemize} 137 \item {\bf ``Contribution'':} means any original contribution 138 protected by copyright, in particular modifications or the 139 development of new software components and new functionalities by 140 the Contributor (be the Contributor an individual or an 141 organization employing individuals), and that the latter 142 intentionally submits to GNUnet e.V. to be integrated into the 143 Software, with GNUnet e.V.'s approval. A Contribution includes its 144 source code, its object code, as well as any specifications and 145 documentation related thereto. 146 \end{itemize} 147 148 \section{Subject} 149 150 This contract defines the conditions under which the Contributor 151 assigns, free of charge, the copyrights over its Contributions as they 152 are in progress, to GNUnet e.V.. Any participation by the Contributor 153 or employees of the Contributor will be made under the conditions of 154 this contract. 155 156 Should the Contributor wish to terminate further participation under 157 the terms of this contract, it will inform GNUnet e.V. of this in 158 advance and by registered mail to: 159 160 \begin{verbatim} 161 GNUnet e.V. 162 Fakultät für Informatik -- I8 163 Technische Universität München 164 Boltzmannstraße 3 165 85748 Garching 166 GERMANY 167 \end{verbatim} 168 169 It is specified that this copyright assignment is a necessary 170 condition to enable GNUnet e.V. to integrate the Contributions of the 171 Contributor’s personnel in the Software. 172 173 \section{EFFECT AND DURATION} 174 175 The contract takes effect on the latest date of signing. 176 177 The contract shall be enforced for a duration of five years, renewable 178 by written agreement, as far as the Contributor’s participation in the 179 development of the Software is concerned. 180 181 However, the Contributor’s copyright on the Contributions is assigned 182 to GNUnet e.V. for as long as said copyrights last. 183 184 \section{COPYRIGHTS ASSIGNED TO GNUnet e.V.} 185 186 \begin{enumpar} 187 \item is stipulated that copyrights over the Contributions, as 188 assigned by the Contributor to GNUnet e.V., are the following: 189 \begin{itemize} 190 \item The right to reproduce, permanently or temporarily, all or 191 part of the Contributions, in any format, on any medium and by 192 any technical means, present or future, necessary for their use. 193 \item The right to represent all or part of the Contributions, in 194 any place, public or not, through any form of communication, 195 present or future, by the means referred to above. 196 \item The right to adapt for purposes of freely carrying out, on 197 any medium and by any technical means, any adaptation and/or 198 modification of all or part of the Contributions, including with 199 a view to developing derivative software and integrating the 200 Contributions into a future version of the Software. It is 201 stipulated that the right of adaptation includes the corrective 202 and developmental maintenance of the software into which a 203 Contribution might be integrated. Therefore, the Contributor 204 promises to deliver to GNUnet e.V. the source code of the 205 Contributions transferred, as well as any documentation 206 pertaining thereto. 207 \item The right to distribute the Contributions referred to above, 208 internally or publicly, remunerated or free of charge, directly 209 or through a provider and/or licensee and/or assignee. 210 \item The right of using, for operating and making use of, whether 211 personally or on behalf of a third party, remunerated or free of 212 charge, the Contributions herein assigned, for the purposes of 213 carrying out any form of processing, to whatever end. 214 \item It is agreed that all of the rights considered above are 215 assigned for the duration of copyright, for the whole world. 216 \end{itemize} 217 It is specified that any author-employee of the Contributor remains 218 the holder of his or her moral right over said Contributions. 219 \item In the event that the Contributor wishes to cease submitting 220 further Contributions, it promises to inform GNUnet e.V. of this 221 in advance by registered mail with return receipt. It further 222 promises to ensure that all participation by its employees in the 223 development of the Software ceases. 224 \item The Contributor and its employees nevertheless remain free to 225 use the Software under the conditions provided for by the GNU AGPL 226 v3 license or any other license which may subsequently become 227 attached to it. 228 \item The assignment is non-exclusive. In particular, the 229 Contributor remains free to make the same Contributions to other 230 projects and under other licenses. However, this exception only 231 applies to the Contribution, and in particular does not relieve 232 the Contributor from the obligations of the GNU AGPLv3+ or other 233 licenses of the Software, in cases where these licenses may 234 otherwise apply to the Contribution. 235 \item GNUnet e.V. remains free to terminate the submission of 236 Contributions by the Contributor at any time. 237 \end{enumpar} 238 239 \section{GUARANTEES} 240 241 \begin{enumpar} 242 \item The Contributor guarantees that it possesses copyrights over 243 the Contributions (non-exclusively) transferred and that it holds 244 all of the rights necessary to assign said Contributions to GNUnet 245 e.V.. The Contributor guarantees, in particular, that the 246 Contributions assigned to GNUnet e.V. do not infringe third 247 parties' intellectual property rights, including those protected by 248 patent law. Should the Contributor become aware, after the 249 assignment of a Contribution to GNUnet e.V., of details calling 250 into question this article and the validity of the assignment 251 covered by this contract, the Contributor promises to inform GNUnet 252 e.V. of this promptly, in order that the latter may withdraw the 253 Contribution or Contributions at issue from the Software, as 254 necessary. 255 \item The Contributor acknowledges that it holds no patent which 256 could be enforced against any use by GNUnet e.V. of the copyright over 257 the Contributions which are assigned to it. In the opposite case, 258 the Contributor promises to raise no objection to GNUnet e.V., or any of 259 its licensees, sub- licensees or assignees, on the grounds of the 260 use of its patent in the Contributions assigned. 261 \item The Contributor is bound by no obligation to maintain its 262 Contributions, except as voluntarily undertaken on its 263 part. Moreover, the Contributor declares that it is assigning its 264 Contributions ``as they are'', without guarantee as to their 265 commercial value, and without guaranteeing GNUnet e.V. that the 266 Contributions are free of errors or correspond to its needs. 267 \item GNUnet e.V. guarantees that it will continue to distribute 268 all future versions of the Software under a free software license, 269 as defined by the Free Software Foundation (\url{http://www.fsf.org/}). 270 \end{enumpar} 271 272 \section{MISCELLANEOUS} 273 274 \begin{enumpar} 275 \item This contract is subject to Swiss law. 276 \item Any dispute concerning the interpretation, validity or 277 execution of this contract will be submitted, failing an 278 out-of-court resolution, to the competent German court. 279 \item If one or several stipulations of this contract are held to be 280 invalid or declared such in application of a law or regulation, or 281 by reason of a final ruling by a competent court, the others will 282 retain all of their force and scope. 283 \end{enumpar} 284 285 286 287 \end{document}