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description: Understand terms governing contributions to Ultralytics projects including source code, bug fixes, documentation and more. Read our Contributor License Agreement.
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keywords: Ultralytics, Contributor License Agreement, Open Source Software, Contributions, Copyright License, Patent License, Moral Rights
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# Ultralytics Individual Contributor License Agreement
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Thank you for your interest in contributing to open source software projects (“Projects”) made available by Ultralytics
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SE or its affiliates (“Ultralytics”). This Individual Contributor License Agreement (“Agreement”) sets out the terms
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governing any source code, object code, bug fixes, configuration changes, tools, specifications, documentation, data,
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materials, feedback, information or other works of authorship that you submit or have submitted, in any form and in any
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manner, to Ultralytics in respect of any of the Projects (collectively “Contributions”). If you have any questions
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respecting this Agreement, please contact hello@ultralytics.com.
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You agree that the following terms apply to all of your past, present and future Contributions. Except for the licenses
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granted in this Agreement, you retain all of your right, title and interest in and to your Contributions.
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**Copyright License.** You hereby grant, and agree to grant, to Ultralytics a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable,
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worldwide, fully-paid, royalty-free, transferable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly
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display, publicly perform, and distribute your Contributions and such derivative works, with the right to sublicense the
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foregoing rights through multiple tiers of sublicensees.
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**Patent License.** You hereby grant, and agree to grant, to Ultralytics a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable,
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worldwide, fully-paid, royalty-free, transferable patent license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell,
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import, and otherwise transfer your Contributions, where such license applies only to those patent claims
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licensable by you that are necessarily infringed by your Contributions alone or by combination of your
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Contributions with the Project to which such Contributions were submitted, with the right to sublicense the
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foregoing rights through multiple tiers of sublicensees.
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**Moral Rights.** To the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, you hereby waive, and agree not to
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assert, all of your “moral rights” in or relating to your Contributions for the benefit of Ultralytics, its assigns, and
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their respective direct and indirect sublicensees.
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**Third Party Content/Rights.** If your Contribution includes or is based on any source code, object code, bug
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fixes, configuration changes, tools, specifications, documentation, data, materials, feedback, information or
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other works of authorship that were not authored by you (“Third Party Content”) or if you are aware of any
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third party intellectual property or proprietary rights associated with your Contribution (“Third Party Rights”),
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then you agree to include with the submission of your Contribution full details respecting such Third Party
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Content and Third Party Rights, including, without limitation, identification of which aspects of your
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Contribution contain Third Party Content or are associated with Third Party Rights, the owner/author of the
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Third Party Content and Third Party Rights, where you obtained the Third Party Content, and any applicable
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third party license terms or restrictions respecting the Third Party Content and Third Party Rights. For greater
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certainty, the foregoing obligations respecting the identification of Third Party Content and Third Party Rights
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do not apply to any portion of a Project that is incorporated into your Contribution to that same Project.
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**Representations.** You represent that, other than the Third Party Content and Third Party Rights identified by
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you in accordance with this Agreement, you are the sole author of your Contributions and are legally entitled
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to grant the foregoing licenses and waivers in respect of your Contributions. If your Contributions were
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created in the course of your employment with your past or present employer(s), you represent that such
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employer(s) has authorized you to make your Contributions on behalf of such employer(s) or such employer
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(s) has waived all of their right, title or interest in or to your Contributions.
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**Disclaimer.** To the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, your Contributions are provided on an "asis"
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basis, without any warranties or conditions, express or implied, including, without limitation, any implied
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warranties or conditions of non-infringement, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. You are not
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required to provide support for your Contributions, except to the extent you desire to provide support.
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**No Obligation.** You acknowledge that Ultralytics is under no obligation to use or incorporate your Contributions
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into any of the Projects. The decision to use or incorporate your Contributions into any of the Projects will be
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made at the sole discretion of Ultralytics or its authorized delegates ..
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**Disputes.** This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
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New York, United States of America, without giving effect to its principles or rules regarding conflicts of laws,
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other than such principles directing application of New York law. The parties hereby submit to venue in, and
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jurisdiction of the courts located in New York, New York for purposes relating to this Agreement. In the event
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that any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction
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to be unenforceable, the remaining portions hereof shall remain in full force and effect.
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**Assignment.** You agree that Ultralytics may assign this Agreement, and all of its rights, obligations and licenses
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hereunder.
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