Clarify copyright transfer when you don't own the copyright of

the contributed code.

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Chris Lattner 2008-05-20 20:06:53 +00:00
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<p>
Although UIUC may eventually reassign the copyright of the software to another
entity (e.g. a dedicated non-profit "LLVM Organization", or something)
entity (e.g. a dedicated non-profit "LLVM Organization")
the intent for the project is to always have a single entity hold the
copyrights to LLVM at any given time.</p>
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reduces the managerial burden for any kind of administrative or technical
decisions about LLVM. The goal of the LLVM project is to always keep the code
open and <a href="#license">licensed under a very liberal license</a>.</p>
<p>When contributing code, you also affirm that you are legally entitled to
grant this copyright, personally or on behalf of your employer. If the code
belongs to some other entity, please raise this issue with the oversight
group before the code is committed.</p>
</div>
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<ul>
<li>You can freely distribute LLVM.</li>
<li>You must retain the copyright notice if you redistribute LLVM.</li>
<li>Binaries derived from LLVM must reproduce the copyright notice.</li>
<li>Binaries derived from LLVM must reproduce the copyright notice (e.g.
in an included readme file).</li>
<li>You can't use our names to promote your LLVM derived products.</li>
<li>There's no warranty on LLVM at all.</li>
</ul>