# Contributor License Agreement (Individual)

Thank you for your interest in contributing to Dyad.

This Contributor License Agreement (“Agreement”) clarifies the intellectual property license granted by you to the project owner, **Dyad Tech, Inc.**, for your contributions.

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## 1. Definitions

**“You”** (or **“Your”**) means the individual who submits a Contribution to the project.

**“Contribution”** means any original work of authorship, including code, documentation, or other material, that you intentionally submit for inclusion in the project.

**“Project”** means the Dyad open-source software project to which the Contribution is submitted.

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## 2. Grant of Copyright License

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, You hereby grant the Project and **Dyad Tech, Inc.** a **perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license** to:

- use,
- reproduce,
- modify,
- prepare derivative works of,
- publicly display,
- publicly perform,
- sublicense, and
- distribute

Your Contributions and such derivative works.

You retain ownership of the copyright in Your Contributions.

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## 3. Grant of Patent License

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, You hereby grant the Project and **Dyad Tech, Inc.** a **perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable patent license** to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise transfer the Contribution, where such license applies only to those patent claims licensable by You that are necessarily infringed by Your Contribution alone or by combination with the Project.

If You initiate patent litigation claiming that the Contribution or the Project infringes a patent, then any patent licenses granted under this Agreement shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed.

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## 4. Representation

You represent that:

- You are legally entitled to grant the licenses above.
- Each Contribution is Your original creation, or You have the right to submit it.
- Your Contribution does not knowingly include third-party code that is incompatible with the Project’s license.

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## 5. No Warranty

You provide the Contribution **“AS IS”**, without warranties or conditions of any kind, express or implied.

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## 6. No Obligation

You are not obligated to provide support, updates, or future Contributions.

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## 7. Acceptance

This Agreement applies to all Contributions You submit now or in the future, unless You explicitly state otherwise in writing at the time of submission.

By submitting a Contribution, You agree to the terms of this Agreement.
