This KubeSphere Contributor License Agreement (CLA) applies to any contribution you make to any KubeSphere open source projects. If you are representing your employing organization to sign this agreement, please warrant that you have the authority to grant the agreement.
## Definitions
- "we", "our" and "us" means KubeSphere.
- "You" and "your" means you or the organization you are on behalf of.
- "Contribution" shall mean any original work of authorship, including any modifications or additions to an existing work, that is intentionally submitted by you or the organization you represent to KubeSphere for inclusion in, or documentation of, any of the products owned or managed by KubeSphere.
## Grant of Copyright License
All rights of your Contribution submitted to KubeSphere in any manner are granted to KubeSphere and recipients of software distributed by KubeSphere. You waive any rights that my affect our ownership of the copyright and grant to us a perpetual, worldwide, transferable, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable, and sublicensable license to use, reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute Contributions and any derivative works.
## Grant of Patent License
With respect to any patents you own or that you can license without payment to any third party, you grant to us and to any recipient of software distributed by us, a perpetual, worldwide, transferable, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable patent license to make, have make, use, sell, offer to sell, import, and otherwise transfer the Contribution in whole or in part, alone or included in any product under any patent you own, or license from a third party, that is necessarily infringed by the Contribution or by combination of the Contribution with any Work.
## Your Representations and Warranties
You represent and warrant that:
- You represent that each of Your Contributions is Your original
creation that you can legally grant the rights set out in this agreement.
- the Contribution you submit and licenses you granted does not and will not, infringe the rights of any third party.
- you are not aware of any pending or threatened claims, suits, actions, or charges pertaining to the contributions. You also warrant to notify KubeSphere immediately if you become aware of any such actual or potential claims, suits, actions, allegations or charges.
