# CONTRIBUTOR LICENSE AGREEMENT

Thank you for Your interest in contributing to Projects made available by “Brackets community (brackets.io)”. In order to clarify the rights granted to Brackets community (brackets.io), Brackets community (brackets.io) must have a Contributor License Agreement (“CLA”) 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 the Project and its users; it does not change Your rights to use Your own Submissions for any other purpose.

This Agreement version allows an entity to submit Contributions to Brackets community (brackets.io), authorize Contributions submitted by its designated employees to Brackets community (brackets.io), and grant copyright and patent licenses.

Please read this document carefully before signing and keep a copy for Your records.

This CLA is agreed to by the party signing below (“You” or “Your”), and conveys certain license rights to Brackets community (brackets.io) for Your contributions to open source projects.

This CLA is effective as of the latest signature date below.

### 1.DEFINITIONS.

A. “You” (or “Your”) shall mean the copyright owner or legal entity authorized by the copyright owner that is making this Agreement with Brackets community (brackets.io). 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 Contributor.

B. “Contribution” shall mean the code, documentation or other original works of authorship expressly identified, as well as any original work of authorship, including any modifications or additions to an existing work, that you intentionally submit to Brackets community (brackets.io) for inclusion in, or documentation of, any of the products owned or managed by Brackets community (brackets.io). For the purposes of this definition, “submitted” means any form of electronic, verbal, or written communication sent to Brackets community (brackets.io) 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, Brackets community (brackets.io) to discuss and improve the Work, but excluding communication that is conspicuously marked or otherwise designated in writing by You as “Not a Contribution.”

C. “Code” means the computer software code, whether, in human-readable or machine-executable form, that is delivered by You to Brackets community (brackets.io) under this CLA.

D. “Project” means any of the projects owned or managed by Brackets community (brackets.io) and offered under a license approved by the Open Source Initiative.

E. “Submit” is the act of uploading, submitting, transmitting, or distributing code or other content to any Project, 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, Brackets community (brackets.io) for the purpose of discussing and improving the Project, but excluding communication that is conspicuously marked or otherwise designated in writing by You as “Not a Submission.”

F. “Submission” means the Code and any other copyrightable material Submitted by You, including any associated comments and documentation.

### 2. YOUR SUBMISSION. You must agree to the terms of this CLA before making a Submission to any Project. This CLA covers any and all Submissions that You, now or in the future (except as described in Section 4 below), Submit to any Project.

### 3. THE ORIGINALITY OF WORK. You represent and warrant that each of Your Submissions is entirely Your original work. Should You wish to submit materials that are not Your original work, You may Submit them separately to the Project if You (a) retain all copyright and license information that was in the materials as You received them, (b) in the description accompanying Your Submission, including the phrase “Submission containing materials of a third party:” followed by the names of the third party and any licenses or other restrictions of which You are aware, and (c) follow any other instructions in the Project’s written guidelines concerning Submissions.

### 4. YOUR EMPLOYER. References to “employer” in this CLA include Your employer or anyone else for whom You are acting in making Your Submission, e.g., contractor, vendor, or agent. If Your Submission is made in the course of Your work for an employer or Your employer has intellectual property rights in Your Submission by contract or applicable law, You must secure permission from Your employer to make the Submission before signing this CLA. In that case, the term “You” in this CLA will refer to You and the employer collectively. Suppose You change employers in the future and desire to Submit additional Submissions for the new employer. In that case, You agree to sign a new CLA and secure permission from the new employer before Submitting those Submissions.

### 5. GRANT OF COPYRIGHT LICENSE. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, You hereby grant to Brackets community (brackets.io) and, and those who receive the Submission directly or indirectly from Brackets community (brackets.io) a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, 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.

### 6. GRANT OF PATENT LICENSE. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, You hereby grant to Brackets community (brackets.io) and, and those who receive the Submission directly or indirectly from Brackets community (brackets.io) a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, 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. Suppose 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. In that case, 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.

### 7. GRANT OF AUTHOR RIGHTS. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, You hereby grant to Brackets community (brackets.io) full author rights prescribed under the terms of all versions of GNU/GPL, AGPL, LGPL , FDL licence and appropriate licenses approved by the Open Source Initiative. This does not take away your status as an author and you retain full author rights for your contributions independently of rights granted to Brackets community (brackets.io).

### 8. OTHER RIGHTS RESERVED. Each party reserves all rights not expressly granted in this CLA. No additional licenses or rights whatsoever (including, without limitation, any implied licenses) are granted by implication, exhaustion, estoppel or otherwise.

### 9. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. You represent and warrant that You are legally entitled to grant the above licenses. You represent and warrant that each of Your Submissions is entirely Your original work (except as You may have disclosed pursuant to Section 3). You represent and warrant that You have secured permission from Your employer to make the Submission in cases where Your Submission is made in the course of Your work for Your employer, or Your employer has intellectual property rights in Your Submission by contract or applicable law. Suppose You are signing this CLA on behalf of Your employer. In that case, You represent and warrant that You have the necessary authority to bind the listed employer to the obligations contained in this CLA. You are not expected to provide support for Your Submission unless You choose to do so. UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING, AND EXCEPT FOR THE WARRANTIES EXPRESSLY STATED IN SECTIONS 3 AND 6, THE SUBMISSION PROVIDED UNDER THIS CLA IS PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTY OF NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

### 10.NOTICE. You agree to notify Brackets community (brackets.io) in writing any facts or circumstances of which You later become aware that would make any of Your representations in this CLA inaccurate in any respect.

### 11. INFORMATION ABOUT SUBMISSIONS. You agree that contributions to Projects and information about contributions may be maintained indefinitely and disclosed publicly, including Your name and other information you provide with Your Submission.

### 12. GOVERNING LAW/JURISDICTION. This CLA is governed by the law of India and the party’s consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts of competent jurisdiction in Kochi, Kerala.

### 13. ENTIRE AGREEMENT/ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement between parties regarding the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior understandings or agreements, whether oral or written. This Agreement may be modified only by a written instrument signed by the parties hereto.

### 14. HEADINGS FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY. Headings of parts and sub-parts under this Agreement are for convenience and organization only. Headings shall not affect the meaning of any provisions of this Agreement.

I am making Submissions in the course of work for my employer (or my employer has intellectual property rights in my Submissions by contract or applicable law). I have permission from my employer to make Submissions and enter into this CLA on behalf of my employer. By signing below, the defined term “You” includes me and my employer.