diff --git a/.github/contributors/richardliaw.md b/.github/contributors/richardliaw.md deleted file mode 100644 index 2af4ce840..000000000 --- a/.github/contributors/richardliaw.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,106 +0,0 @@ -# spaCy contributor agreement - -This spaCy Contributor Agreement (**"SCA"**) is based on the -[Oracle Contributor Agreement](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/oca-405177.pdf). -The SCA applies to any contribution that you make to any product or project -managed by us (the **"project"**), and sets out the intellectual property rights -you grant to us in the contributed materials. The term **"us"** shall mean -[ExplosionAI GmbH](https://explosion.ai/legal). The term -**"you"** shall mean the person or entity identified below. - -If you agree to be bound by these terms, fill in the information requested -below and include the filled-in version with your first pull request, under the -folder [`.github/contributors/`](/.github/contributors/). The name of the file -should be your GitHub username, with the extension `.md`. For example, the user -example_user would create the file `.github/contributors/example_user.md`. - -Read this agreement carefully before signing. These terms and conditions -constitute a binding legal agreement. - -## Contributor Agreement - -1. The term "contribution" or "contributed materials" means any source code, -object code, patch, tool, sample, graphic, specification, manual, -documentation, or any other material posted or submitted by you to the project. - -2. With respect to any worldwide copyrights, or copyright applications and -registrations, in your contribution: - - * you hereby assign to us joint ownership, and to the extent that such - assignment is or becomes invalid, ineffective or unenforceable, you hereby - grant to us a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, no-charge, - royalty-free, unrestricted license to exercise all rights under those - copyrights. This includes, at our option, the right to sublicense these same - rights to third parties through multiple levels of sublicensees or other - licensing arrangements; - - * you agree that each of us can do all things in relation to your - contribution as if each of us were the sole owners, and if one of us makes - a derivative work of your contribution, the one who makes the derivative - work (or has it made will be the sole owner of that derivative work; - - * you agree that you will not assert any moral rights in your contribution - against us, our licensees or transferees; - - * you agree that we may register a copyright in your contribution and - exercise all ownership rights associated with it; and - - * you agree that neither of us has any duty to consult with, obtain the - consent of, pay or render an accounting to the other for any use or - distribution of your contribution. - -3. With respect to any patents you own, or that you can license without payment -to any third party, you hereby grant to us a perpetual, irrevocable, -non-exclusive, worldwide, no-charge, royalty-free license to: - - * make, have made, use, sell, offer to sell, import, and otherwise transfer - your contribution in whole or in part, alone or in combination with or - included in any product, work or materials arising out of the project to - which your contribution was submitted, and - - * at our option, to sublicense these same rights to third parties through - multiple levels of sublicensees or other licensing arrangements. - -4. Except as set out above, you keep all right, title, and interest in your -contribution. The rights that you grant to us under these terms are effective -on the date you first submitted a contribution to us, even if your submission -took place before the date you sign these terms. - -5. You covenant, represent, warrant and agree that: - - * Each contribution that you submit is and shall be an original work of - authorship and you can legally grant the rights set out in this SCA; - - * to the best of your knowledge, each contribution will not violate any - third party's copyrights, trademarks, patents, or other intellectual - property rights; and - - * each contribution shall be in compliance with U.S. export control laws and - other applicable export and import laws. You agree to notify us if you - become aware of any circumstance which would make any of the foregoing - representations inaccurate in any respect. We may publicly disclose your - participation in the project, including the fact that you have signed the SCA. - -6. This SCA is governed by the laws of the State of California and applicable -U.S. Federal law. Any choice of law rules will not apply. - -7. Please place an “x” on one of the applicable statement below. Please do NOT -mark both statements: - - * [x] I am signing on behalf of myself as an individual and no other person - or entity, including my employer, has or will have rights with respect to my - contributions. - - * [ ] I am signing on behalf of my employer or a legal entity and I have the - actual authority to contractually bind that entity. - -## Contributor Details - -| Field | Entry | -|------------------------------- | -------------------- | -| Name | Richard Liaw | -| Company name (if applicable) | | -| Title or role (if applicable) | | -| Date | 06/22/2020 | -| GitHub username | richardliaw | -| Website (optional) | | \ No newline at end of file