HowToContribute

From Eventum

Eventum Code Contributions

MySQL welcomes contributions of code to the Eventum project. In order to clarify the intellectual property rights you are granting to MySQL, we need you to send us an email where you assure us -- in legal terms -- that you are the rightful owner of the contribution and that you license it for us to use under the GPL. Except for the license that you grant to MySQL, you continue to have all ownership rights in your code. Be sure to read the MySQL Eventum Software Contributor Agreement listed below for the full details of your license grant to MySQL.

Please send eventum-contributions@mysql.com an email in which you (1) provide the following information about yourself, and (2) paste in the full text of the MySQL Eventum Software Contributor Agreement listed below. By including the Agreement text in your email, you are stating that you accept and agree with the terms and conditions of the Agreement.

Your Information (to include in your email to eventum-contributions@mysql.com):

Name:
Email:
Telephone Number:
Full Mailing Address:
Company and Title (if applicable):

MySQL Eventum Software Contributor Agreement (to include in your email to eventum-contributions@mysql.com):

This MySQL Eventum Software Contributor Agreement is between you and MySQL AB ("MySQL"). In this Agreement, "You" shall mean the owner of the Contribution, as defined below, including any individual or any corporation or entity which has authorized the person accepting this Agreement to act on its behalf. The purpose of this Agreement is to set forth the terms and conditions under which MySQL may use software that you wish to contribute to MySQL for the purpose of use within one or more MySQL software development projects, including but not limited to MySQL's Eventum project.

By accepting this Agreement, You hereby agree to the following terms and conditions:

1. As used in this Agreement, the term "Contribution" shall mean any software, including source code and/or object code, documentation, or modifications to the foregoing, which You concurrently or subsequently make available or submit to MySQL in any form. Contributions shall not include any software or documentation which has been explicitly marked to indicate that it is not a contribution to MySQL.

2. You hereby grant to MySQL, its successors, and assigns, the non-exclusive, transferable, irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free right to use, modify, copy, sell, transmit, and distribute in any form the Contributions under the terms of any version of the GNU General Public License, or any version of the GNU Lesser General Public License. Without limitation, this grant is made with respect to any copyright, patent, or other intellectual property or moral rights You may have in or to the Contributions. MySQL shall have no duty whatsoever to render an accounting to You for any use of a Contribution.

3. You represent that You are legally able and entitled under the laws of your jurisdiction to enter into this Agreement and to grant MySQL the rights described in this Agreement.

4. You represent that You are the original author, creator, or inventor of the Contributions. If Your employer(s) have rights to intellectual property that You create, You represent that have received permission to provide each Contribution on behalf of that employer, or that Your employer has waived such rights for the Contributions.

5. You warrant that, to the best of your knowledge, the Contributions do not violate the legal or intellectual property rights of any other party. Except as described in this Agreement, the Contributions are licensed on an "AS IS" basis and You do not make any warranty or representation of any kind with regard to the Contributions.

6. You agree to notify MySQL if any circumstance should arise which would make any of the foregoing representations inaccurate in any respect.

7. Except as granted to MySQL in this Agreement, You retain all right, title, and interest in and to the Contributions.

8. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Delaware and applicable U.S. Federal law, without application of choice of law rules.