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| 1 | +# Contributor Assignment Agreement |
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| 3 | +**Viash – Data Intuitive** |
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| 5 | +First off, thank you for considering contributing to Viash! We welcome community contributions and are excited to see how we can improve this tool together. |
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| 7 | +To ensure that Data Intuitive can continue to manage, maintain, and legally protect the Viash project (and to simplify our intellectual property management), we require all contributors to formally assign the copyright of their contributions to Data Intuitive. |
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| 9 | +Before we can review and merge your Pull Request, you must agree to the following terms. Our automated bot will ask you to confirm this on your first Pull Request. |
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| 11 | +--- |
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| 13 | +## 1. Assignment of Copyright |
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| 15 | +By submitting a Contribution (code, documentation, or other materials) to this repository, You hereby assign and transfer to Data Intuitive the entire right, title, and interest (including all rights of copyright) in and to Your Contributions. Data Intuitive becomes the sole owner of the intellectual property of these contributions. |
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| 17 | +## 2. Representation of Originality |
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| 19 | +You represent and guarantee that Your Contribution is Your original work and that You have the legal right to assign the copyright to Data Intuitive. If you are contributing on behalf of your employer, you represent that you have the authority to assign these rights on their behalf. |
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| 21 | +## 3. License Back to You |
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| 23 | +We don't want to restrict you from using your own brilliant work! Data Intuitive hereby grants You a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, and distribute the specific Contribution You submitted, for any purpose. |
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| 25 | +## 4. Moral Rights |
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| 27 | +To the extent permitted by applicable law, You waive all moral rights in Your Contribution in favor of Data Intuitive. |
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| 29 | +## 5. No Warranty |
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| 31 | +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. |
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| 33 | +## 6. Governing Law |
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| 35 | +This Agreement is governed by the laws of Belgium. Any disputes arising from or related to this Agreement shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Mechelen, Belgium. |
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| 37 | +--- |
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| 39 | +## How to Agree |
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| 41 | +When you submit your first Pull Request, our bot will automatically comment on it. |
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| 43 | +To accept this agreement, simply reply to the bot's comment with the exact following phrase: |
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| 45 | +`I have read the Contributor Assignment Agreement and I hereby assign the copyright of my contributions to Data Intuitive.` |
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| 47 | +Once you reply, the status check will pass, and our team will be notified to review your Pull Request. Thank you for making Viash better! |
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| 49 | +--- |
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| 51 | +*Data Intuitive BV – [hello@data-intuitive.com](mailto:hello@data-intuitive.com)* |
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