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15 Every non-trival contribution to be
17 Contributor License Agreement (CLA).
18 We have modelled our policy based on the practice of
19 <a href="https://www.apache.org">the Apache Software Foundation</a>.
20 You can see their CLA policy
21 <a href="https://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas">here</a>.
26 OpenSSL requires that all non-trivial contributors of ideas, code, or
27 documentation complete, sign, and submit (via postal mail, fax
28 or email) an Individual CLA [<a href="openssl_icla.pdf">PDF</a>].
29 The purpose of this agreement is to clearly define
30 the terms under which intellectual property has been contributed
31 to OpenSSL and thereby allow us to defend the project should
32 there be a legal dispute regarding the software at some future
36 <em>Please make sure that the email
37 address matches the one that you use for the "Author" in your
38 git commits. List multiple email addresses if necessary.</em>
42 For a corporation that has assigned employees to work on OpenSSL,
43 a Corporate CLA [<a href="openssl_ccla.pdf">PDF</a>]
44 is available for contributing intellectual property via
45 the corporation, that may have been assigned as part of an
46 employment agreement. Note that a Corporate CLA does not
47 remove the need for every developer to sign their own ICLA as
52 Your Full name will be published unless you provide an alternative
53 Public name. For example if your full name is Andrew Bernard Charles
54 Dickens, but you wish to be known as Andrew Dickens, please enter
55 the latter as your Public name. If you do not wish to have your
56 name listed as a contributor, use <em>Anonymous</em>.
57 We reserve the right to reject rude or obscene nick-names.
58 The email address and other contact details are not published.
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