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## Contributor License Agreement
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> This Agreement is made in the Russian and English languages. **The English
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text of Agreement is for informational purposes only** and is not binding
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for the Parties.
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>
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> In the event of a conflict between the provisions of the Russian and
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English versions of this Agreement, the **Russian version shall prevail**.
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>
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> Russian version is published at https://git.yourcmc.ru/vitalif/vitastor/src/branch/master/CLA-ru.md
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This document represents the offer of Filippov Vitaliy Vladimirovich
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("Author"), author and copyright holder of Vitastor software ("Program"),
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acknowledged by a certificate of Federal Service for Intellectual
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Property of Russian Federation (Rospatent) # 2021617829 dated 20 May 2021,
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to "Contributors" to conclude this license agreement as follows
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("Agreement" or "Offer").
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In accordance with Art. 435, Art. 438 of the Civil Code of the Russian
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Federation, this Agreement is an offer and in case of acceptance of the
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offer, an agreement is considered concluded on the conditions specified
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in the offer.
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1. Applicable Terms. \
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1.1. "Official Repository" shall mean the computer storage, operated by
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the Author, containing all prior and future versions of the Source
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Code of the Program, at Internet addresses https://git.yourcmc.ru/vitalif/vitastor/
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or https://github.com/vitalif/vitastor/. \
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1.2. "Contributions" shall mean results of intellectual activity
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(including, but not limited to, source code, libraries, components,
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texts, documentation) which can be software or elements of the software
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and which are provided by Contributors to the Author for inclusion
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in the Program. \
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1.3. "Contributor" shall mean a person who provides Contributions to
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the Author and agrees with all provisions of this Agreement.
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A Сontributor can be: 1) an individual; or 2) a legal entity or an
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individual entrepreneur in case when an individual provides Contributions
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on behalf of third parties, including on behalf of his employer.
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2. Subject of the Agreement. \
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2.1. Subject of the Agreement shall be the Contributions sent to the Author by Contributors. \
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2.2. The Contributor grants to the Author the right to use Contributions at his own
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discretion and without any necessity to get a prior approval from Contributor or
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any other third party in any way, under a simple (non-exclusive), royalty-free,
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irrevocable license throughout the world by all means not contrary to law, in whole
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or as a part of the Program, or other open-source or closed-source computer programs,
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products or services (hereinafter -- the "License"), including, but not limited to: \
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2.2.1. to execute Contributions and use them for any tasks; \
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2.2.2. to publish and distribute Contributions in modified or unmodified form and/or to rent them; \
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2.2.3. to modify Contributions, add comments, illustrations or any explanations to Contributions while using them; \
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2.2.4. to create other results of intellectual activity based on Contributions, including derivative works and composite works; \
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2.2.5. to translate Contributions into other languages, including other programming languages; \
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2.2.6. to carry out rental and public display of Contributions; \
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2.2.7. to use Contributions under the trade name and/or any trademark or any other label, or without it, as the Author thinks fit; \
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2.3. The Contributor grants to the Author the right to sublicense any of the aforementioned
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rights to third parties on any terms at the Author's discretion. \
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2.4. The License is provided for the entire duration of Contributor's
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exclusive intellectual property rights to the Contributions. \
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2.5. The Contributor grants to the Author the right to decide how and where to mention,
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or to not mention at all, the fact of his authorship, name, nickname and/or company
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details when including Contributions into the Program or in any other computer
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programs, products or services.
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3. Acceptance of the Offer \
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3.1. The Contributor may provide Contributions to the Author in the form of
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a "Pull Request" in an Official Repository of the Program or by any
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other electronic means of communication, including, but not limited to,
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E-mail or messenger applications. \
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3.2. The acceptance of the Offer shall be the fact of provision of Contributions
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to the Author by the Contributor by any means with the following remark:
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“I accept Vitastor CLA agreement: https://git.yourcmc.ru/vitalif/vitastor/src/branch/master/CLA-en.md”
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or “Я принимаю соглашение Vitastor CLA: https://git.yourcmc.ru/vitalif/vitastor/src/branch/master/CLA-ru.md”. \
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3.3. Date of acceptance of the Offer shall be the date of such provision.
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4. Rights and obligations of the parties. \
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4.1. The Contributor reserves the right to use Contributions by any lawful means
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not contrary to this Agreement. \
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4.2. The Author has the right to refuse to include Contributions into the Program
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at any moment with no explanation to the Contributor.
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5. Representations and Warranties. \
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5.1. The person providing Contributions for the purpose of their inclusion
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in the Program represents and warrants that he is the Contributor
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or legally acts on the Contributor's behalf. Name or company details
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of the Contributor shall be provided with the Contribution at the moment
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of their provision to the Author. \
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5.2. The Contributor represents and warrants that he legally owns exclusive
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intellectual property rights to the Contributions. \
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5.3. The Contributor represents and warrants that any further use of
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Contributions by the Author as provided by Contributor under the terms
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of the Agreement does not infringe on intellectual and other rights and
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legitimate interests of third parties. \
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5.4. The Contributor represents and warrants that he has all rights and legal
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capacity needed to accept this Offer; \
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5.5. The Contributor represents and warrants that Contributions don't
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contain malware or any information considered illegal under the law
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of Russian Federation.
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6. Termination of the Agreement \
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6.1. The Agreement may be terminated at will of both Author and Contributor,
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formalised in the written form or if the Agreement is terminated on
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reasons prescribed by the law of Russian Federation.
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7. Final Clauses \
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7.1. The Contributor may optionally sign the Agreement in the written form. \
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7.2. The Agreement is deemed to become effective from the Date of signing of
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the Agreement and until the expiration of Contributor's exclusive
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intellectual property rights to the Contributions. \
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7.3. The Author may unilaterally alter the Agreement without informing Contributors.
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The new version of the document shall come into effect 3 (three) days after
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being published in the Official Repository of the Program at Internet address
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[https://git.yourcmc.ru/vitalif/vitastor/src/branch/master/CLA-en.md](https://git.yourcmc.ru/vitalif/vitastor/src/branch/master/CLA-en.md).
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Contributors should keep informed about the actual version of the Agreement themselves. \
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7.4. If the Author and the Contributor fail to agree on disputable issues,
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disputes shall be referred to the Moscow Arbitration court.
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