Corporate	
  Contributor	
  License	
  Agreement	
  
(“Agreement”)	
  
Thank	
  you	
  for	
  your	
  interest	
  in	
  Ajax.org.	
  	
  In	
  order	
  
to	
  clarify	
  the	
  intellectual	
  property	
  license	
  
granted	
  with	
  Contributions	
  of	
  software	
  from	
  
any	
  person	
  or	
  entity,	
  Ajax.org	
  must	
  have	
  a	
  
Contributor	
  License	
  Agreement	
  on	
  file	
  that	
  has	
  
been	
  signed	
  by	
  each	
  Contributor,	
  indicating	
  
agreement	
  to	
  the	
  license	
  terms	
  below.	
  	
  This	
  
license	
  is	
  for	
  your	
  protection	
  as	
  a	
  Contributor	
  as	
  
well	
  as	
  the	
  protection	
  of	
  Ajax.org	
  and	
  its	
  users;	
  
it	
  does	
  not	
  change	
  your	
  right	
  to	
  use	
  your	
  own	
  
contributions	
  for	
  any	
  other	
  purpose.	
  
This	
  version	
  of	
  the	
  Agreement	
  allows	
  an	
  entity	
  
(the	
  “Corporation”)	
  to	
  submit	
  Contributions	
  to	
  
Ajax.org,	
  to	
  authorize	
  Contributions	
  submitted	
  
by	
  its	
  designated	
  employees	
  to	
  Ajax.org,	
  and	
  to	
  
grant	
  copyright	
  and	
  patent	
  licenses	
  thereto.	
  
If	
  you	
  have	
  not	
  already	
  done	
  so,	
  please	
  
complete	
  this	
  Agreement	
  and	
  send	
  it	
  by	
  one	
  of	
  
the	
  following	
  methods:	
  
Mail:	
  
Ajax.org	
  
Keizersgracht	
  241-­‐3	
  
1016EA	
  
Amsterdam	
  
The	
  Netherlands	
  
Fax:	
  
+31.20	
  638	
  89	
  53	
  
Email:	
  
info@ajax.org	
  
Please	
  read	
  this	
  document	
  carefully	
  before	
  
signing	
  and	
  keep	
  the	
  original	
  for	
  your	
  records.	
  	
  
Full	
  Name:	
  
	
  
Email:	
  
	
  
Mailing	
  Address:	
  
	
  
	
  

Ajax.org Services B.V.
Keizersgracht 241-3
1016EA, Amsterdam, the Netherlands	
  

	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  

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You	
  accept	
  and	
  agree	
  to	
  the	
  following	
  terms	
  
and	
  conditions	
  for	
  Your	
  past,	
  present	
  and	
  future	
  
Contributions	
  submitted	
  to	
  Ajax.org.	
  	
  Except	
  for	
  
the	
  license	
  granted	
  herein	
  to	
  Ajax.org	
  and	
  
recipients	
  of	
  software	
  distributed	
  by	
  Ajax.org,	
  
You	
  reserve	
  all	
  right,	
  title,	
  and	
  interest	
  in	
  and	
  to	
  
Your	
  Contributions.	
  	
  This	
  agreement	
  supersedes	
  
any	
  prior	
  Contributor	
  License	
  Agreement	
  You	
  
have	
  executed	
  in	
  the	
  past,	
  and	
  is	
  retroactive	
  in	
  
effect	
  to	
  the	
  date	
  of	
  any	
  prior	
  Contributor	
  
License	
  Agreement	
  You	
  have	
  entered	
  with	
  
Ajax.org.	
  
1.	
  	
  Definitions.	
  
“You”	
  (or	
  “Your”)	
  shall	
  mean	
  the	
  copyright	
  
owner	
  or	
  legal	
  entity	
  authorized	
  by	
  the	
  
copyright	
  owner	
  that	
  is	
  making	
  this	
  Agreement	
  
with	
  Ajax.org.	
  	
  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	
  Ajax.org	
  for	
  inclusion	
  in,	
  or	
  
documentation	
  of,	
  any	
  of	
  the	
  products	
  owned	
  
or	
  managed	
  by	
  Ajax.org	
  (the	
  “Work”).	
  	
  For	
  the	
  
purposes	
  of	
  this	
  definition,	
  “submitted”	
  means	
  
any	
  form	
  of	
  electronic,	
  verbal,	
  or	
  written	
  
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communication	
  sent	
  to	
  Ajax.org	
  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,	
  
Ajax.org	
  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.”	
  
2.	
  	
  Grant	
  of	
  Copyright	
  License.	
  	
  Subject	
  to	
  the	
  
terms	
  and	
  conditions	
  of	
  this	
  Agreement,	
  You	
  
hereby	
  grant	
  to	
  Ajax.org	
  and	
  to	
  recipients	
  of	
  
software	
  distributed	
  by	
  Ajax.org	
  a	
  perpetual,	
  
worldwide,	
  nonexclusive,	
  no-­‐charge,	
  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	
  License.	
  	
  Subject	
  to	
  the	
  
terms	
  and	
  conditions	
  of	
  this	
  Agreement,	
  You	
  
hereby	
  grant	
  to	
  Ajax.org	
  and	
  to	
  recipients	
  of	
  
software	
  distributed	
  by	
  Ajax.org	
  a	
  perpetual,	
  
worldwide,	
  nonexclusive,	
  no-­‐charge,	
  royalty-­‐	
  
free,	
  irrevocable	
  (except	
  as	
  stated	
  in	
  this	
  
section)	
  patent	
  license	
  to	
  make,	
  have	
  made,	
  
use,	
  offer	
  to	
  sell,	
  sell,	
  import,	
  and	
  otherwise	
  
transfer	
  the	
  Work,	
  where	
  such	
  license	
  applies	
  
only	
  to	
  those	
  patent	
  claims	
  licensable	
  by	
  You	
  
that	
  are	
  necessarily	
  infringed	
  by	
  Your	
  
Contribution(s)	
  alone	
  or	
  by	
  combination	
  of	
  Your	
  
Contribution(s)	
  with	
  the	
  Work	
  to	
  which	
  such	
  
Contribution(s)	
  were	
  submitted.	
  	
  If	
  any	
  entity	
  
institutes	
  patent	
  litigation	
  against	
  You	
  or	
  any	
  
other	
  entity	
  (including	
  a	
  cross-­‐-­‐-­‐claim	
  or	
  
counterclaim	
  in	
  a	
  lawsuit)	
  alleging	
  that	
  your	
  
Contribution,	
  or	
  the	
  Work	
  to	
  which	
  you	
  have	
  
contributed,	
  constitutes	
  direct	
  or	
  contributory	
  
patent	
  infringement,	
  then	
  any	
  patent	
  licenses	
  
granted	
  to	
  that	
  entity	
  under	
  this	
  Agreement	
  for	
  
that	
  Contribution	
  or	
  Work	
  shall	
  terminate	
  as	
  of	
  
the	
  date	
  such	
  litigation	
  is	
  filed.	
  

Ajax.org Services B.V.
Keizersgracht 241-3
1016EA, Amsterdam, the Netherlands	
  

4.	
  	
  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.	
  
5.	
  	
  You	
  represent	
  that	
  each	
  of	
  Your	
  
Contributions	
  is	
  Your	
  original	
  creation	
  (see	
  
section	
  7	
  for	
  submissions	
  on	
  behalf	
  of	
  others.).	
  
6.	
  	
  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	
  AND	
  FITNESS	
  FOR	
  A	
  
PARTICULAR	
  PURPOSE.	
  
7.	
  	
  Should	
  You	
  wish	
  to	
  submit	
  work	
  that	
  is	
  not	
  
Your	
  original	
  creation,	
  You	
  may	
  submit	
  it	
  to	
  
Ajax.org	
  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:	
  …………….”.	
  
8.	
  	
  It	
  is	
  your	
  responsibility	
  to	
  notify	
  Ajax.org	
  
promptly	
  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	
  Contact	
  
with	
  Ajax.org.	
  
CONTRIBUTOR	
  
Entity	
  Name:	
  

Contributor Initials:

	
  
	
  
By:	
  	
  

	
  
	
  

	
  
Signature:	
  

	
  

	
  
Title:	
  

	
  

	
  
Date:	
  

	
  

	
  

	
  

Schedule	
  A	
  
[Initial	
  list	
  of	
  designated	
  employees.	
  	
  NB:	
  
authorization	
  is	
  not	
  tied	
  to	
  particular	
  
Contributions.]	
  
Schedule	
  B	
  
[Identification	
  of	
  optional	
  concurrent	
  software	
  
grant.	
  	
  Would	
  be	
  left	
  blank	
  or	
  omitted	
  if	
  there	
  is	
  
no	
  concurrent	
  software	
  grant.]	
  
	
  

Ajax.org Services B.V.
Keizersgracht 241-3
1016EA, Amsterdam, the Netherlands	
  

Contributor Initials: