nyx/CLA.md

# Nyx Contributor License Agreement

## Why this exists

Nyx is an open source project and will always have a fully open-source core available to the community.

This Contributor License Agreement (CLA) exists to ensure the long-term sustainability of the project. It allows Nyx to evolve over time, including improving, distributing, and potentially offering commercial versions or services that support continued development.

**You retain ownership of your contributions.** This agreement simply grants the project the rights needed to use and evolve them.

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Thank you for your interest in contributing to Nyx (the "Project"). This Contributor License Agreement ("Agreement") clarifies the intellectual property rights granted with each Contribution from any person or entity. It is for Your protection as a contributor as well as the protection of the Project and its users.

By submitting a Contribution to the Project, You accept and agree to the terms below. If You do not agree to these terms, please do not submit Contributions.

## 1. Definitions

**"You"** (or **"Your"**) means the individual or legal entity making a Contribution to the Project. For a legal entity, "You" includes the entity and any entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with that entity.

**"Contribution"** means any work of authorship, including any modifications or additions to an existing work, that is intentionally submitted by You to the Project for inclusion in, or documentation of, the Project. "Submitted" means any form of electronic, verbal, or written communication sent to the Project (including but not limited to pull requests, patches, and issue comments) but excluding communication that is conspicuously marked or otherwise designated in writing by You as "Not a Contribution."

## 2. Copyright License Grant

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, You hereby grant to the Project, to any entity that maintains or succeeds it, and to recipients of software distributed by the Project a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license, with the right to sublicense through multiple tiers of sublicensees, to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, distribute, and sublicense Your Contribution and such derivative works.

## 3. Patent License Grant

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, You hereby grant to the Project, to any entity that maintains or succeeds it, and to recipients of software distributed by the Project a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable (except as stated in this section) patent license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise transfer Your Contribution and any combination of Your Contribution with the Project to which it was submitted. This patent license applies only to those patent claims licensable by You that are necessarily infringed by Your Contribution alone or by combination of Your Contribution with the Project.

If 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 Project to which You have contributed, constitutes direct or contributory patent infringement, then any patent licenses granted to that entity under this Agreement for that Contribution or Project shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed.

## 4. Relicensing Right

In addition to the licenses granted in Sections 2 and 3, You grant the Project and any entity that maintains or succeeds it the right to relicense Your Contribution, in whole or in part, under terms other than the Project's current license (currently GPL-3.0-or-later), where necessary to support the long-term sustainability, distribution, and evolution of the Project.

This may include, without limitation:

1. Dual-licensing the Project under a commercial license;
2. Combining Your Contribution with proprietary components; or
3. Moving the Project to a different open source license.

This right is irrevocable and may be exercised by the Project's maintainers as part of maintaining and evolving the Project.

## 5. Moral Rights Waiver

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, You waive, and agree not to assert, any moral rights or similar rights of attribution and integrity that You may have in Your Contribution against the Project, its successors, and recipients of software distributed by the Project. To the extent such rights cannot be waived under applicable law, You agree not to enforce them in a manner that would limit the rights granted under this Agreement.

## 6. Representations

You represent that:

1. Each of Your Contributions is Your original creation, or You otherwise have the legal right to submit it under the terms of this Agreement;
2. To the best of Your knowledge, Your Contribution does not infringe any third party's copyright, patent, trade secret, or other intellectual property rights; and
3. You have the legal authority to enter into this Agreement and to grant the licenses set forth above.

If any portion of Your Contribution is not Your original creation, You will identify the source and any license or other restriction applicable to that material as part of Your submission.

## 7. Employer Authorization

If You are submitting a Contribution on behalf of Your employer, or the Contribution was made within the scope of Your employment, You represent that Your employer has authorized You to make the Contribution and to grant the licenses set forth in this Agreement. If You are unsure, please confirm with Your employer before submitting.

## 8. No Warranty

You provide Your Contributions on an "AS IS" basis, without warranties or conditions of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, any warranties of title, non-infringement, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose. You are not required to provide support for Your Contributions, except to the extent You desire to provide such support.

## 9. Copyright Retained

You retain copyright to Your Contribution. This Agreement grants the licenses set forth above; it does not transfer ownership. Its purpose is to give the Project flexibility to evolve and to relicense the codebase over time without needing to obtain permission from each past contributor on a case-by-case basis.

## 10. Notice of Changes

If You become aware of any facts or circumstances that would make any representation in this Agreement inaccurate in any respect, You agree to notify the Project promptly.