Version 1.0 — Effective April 2026
This Contributor License Agreement ("Agreement") is between you ("Contributor") and bitkaio LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company ("Company").
By submitting a Contribution to this project, you accept and agree to the terms of this Agreement. Acceptance is indicated by any of the following: signing via a CLA bot (e.g., CLA Assistant), adding your name to a signature file, or any other method designated by the Company.
"Contribution" means any code, documentation, or other material you submit to this project, including via pull requests, issues, patches, or any other form of submission.
"Project" means the software project to which the Contribution is made and all associated repositories maintained by the Company.
Contributor hereby grants to the Company a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to:
- use, reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute the Contribution and derivative works thereof.
The Company may sublicense the Contribution under any terms it chooses, including terms that differ from or are more restrictive than the license under which the Project is currently distributed. This includes, without limitation, the right to distribute the Contribution as part of the Project under any open-source license, proprietary license, or commercial license, whether such license exists now or is created in the future.
Contributor hereby grants to the Company a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable (except as stated below) patent license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise transfer the Contribution, where such license applies only to patent claims licensable by Contributor that are necessarily infringed by the Contribution alone or by combination of the Contribution with the Project to which it was submitted.
If Contributor institutes patent litigation against any entity (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that the Contribution or the Project constitutes direct or contributory patent infringement, then any patent license granted under this Agreement for that Contribution shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed.
Contributor represents that:
(a) they have the legal right to grant the licenses in this Agreement;
(b) each Contribution is their original work, or they have obtained sufficient rights from any third party to submit it under these terms;
(c) if the Contribution is made in the course of employment, or the Contributor's employer has intellectual property rights over the Contribution, the Contributor has received permission from their employer to make the Contribution and grant the licenses in this Agreement, or the Contributor's employer has waived such rights for the Contribution;
(d) they will promptly notify the Company if any of the above representations become inaccurate.
If the Contribution is submitted on behalf of a legal entity (e.g., an employer or organization), the person submitting the Contribution represents that they are authorized to do so and to bind that entity to this Agreement. In that case, "Contributor" refers to the entity, and the individual signing acts as its authorized representative.
The Company may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Company, or to any successor in interest whether by merger, acquisition, reorganization, or transfer of substantially all assets. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns.
Contributor may not assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Company.
The Company has no obligation to include any Contribution in the Project.
This Agreement does not grant Contributor any rights in the Company's trademarks, service marks, trade names, or branding.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Wyoming, without regard to conflict of law principles.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties concerning the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings. This Agreement may only be modified by a written amendment signed by both parties.