CLAI.txt

EPFL / ETH Zurich / SDSC / Lausanne / CH
Individual Contributor License Agreement ("Agreement")

The Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC) operates as a “Société Simple” (einfache Gesellschaft) under Swiss law, collaboratively established by EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) and ETH Zürich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich). While EPFL and ETH Zurich contribute equally to the SDSC, the center is administratively housed and managed by EPFL, serving as the Management Office and Leading House.

Thank you for your interest in the Open Digital Twin Platform (ODTP) project, managed by the Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC). This Agreement clarifies the intellectual property license granted with Contributions from individuals to the SDSC. To ensure clarity and protection regarding contributions, the SDSC requires that each Contributor has a signed Contributor License Agreement ("CLA") on file, indicating agreement to the license terms outlined below.

This Agreement serves to protect you, the Contributor, as well as the SDSC and its users. It does not in any way change your rights to use your own Contributions for any other purpose. By engaging with the Open Digital Twin Platform (ODTP) project, you accept and agree to the following terms and conditions for your present and future Contributions submitted to SDSC. Except for the license granted herein to SDSC and recipients of software distributed by SDSC, you reserve all right, title, and interest in and to your Contributions.

To complete the Agreement:

Provide the required information below.

Read the document carefully.

Sign and send a scanned PDF of the Agreement to contact@datascience.ch.Alternatively, send an original signed Agreement to:Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC),INN Building, Station 14,CH-1015 Lausanne,SWITZERLAND.

Retain a copy of the Agreement for your records.

Full Name: ______________________________
(Optional) Public Name: __________________
Mailing Address: ________________________
                 ________________________
Country: ________________________________
Telephone: ______________________________
E-Mail: _________________________________
GitHub Account: _________________________

By providing the information above and signing this Agreement, you accept and agree to the terms and conditions for your present and future Contributions submitted to the SDSC. The SDSC commits not to use your Contributions in a way contrary to the public benefit or inconsistent with its status and bylaws in effect at the time of the Contribution. Except for the license granted herein to the SDSC and recipients of software distributed by the SDSC, you reserve all right, title, and interest in and to your Contributions.

 1. Definitions.
 
       "You" (or "Your") shall mean the copyright owner or legal entity
       authorized by the copyright owner that is making this Agreement
       with the SDSC. For legal entities, the entity making a
       Contribution and all other entities that control, are controlled by,
       or are under common control with that entity are considered to be a
       single Contributor. For the purposes of this definition, "control"
       means (i) the power, direct or indirect, to cause the direction or
       management of such entity, whether by contract or otherwise, or
       (ii) ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding
       shares, or (iii) beneficial ownership of such entity.
 
       "Contribution" shall mean the code, documentation or other original
       works of authorship expressly identified in Schedule B, as well as
       any original work of authorship, including
       any modifications or additions to an existing work, that is intentionally
       submitted by You to the SDSC for inclusion in, or
       documentation of, any of the products owned or managed by the
       SDSC (the "Work"). For the purposes of this definition,
       "submitted" means any form of electronic, verbal, or written
       communication sent to the SDSC or its representatives,
       including but not limited to communication on electronic mailing
       lists, source code control systems, and issue tracking systems
       that are managed by, or on behalf of, the SDSC for the
       purpose of discussing and improving the Work, but excluding
       communication that is conspicuously marked or otherwise designated
       in writing by You as "Not a Contribution."
 
    2. Grant of Copyright License. Subject to the terms and conditions
       of this Agreement, You hereby grant to the SDSC and to
       recipients of software distributed by the SDSC a perpetual,
       worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable
       copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of,
       publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute
       Your Contributions and such derivative works.
 
    3. Grant of Patent License. Subject to the terms and conditions of
       this Agreement, You hereby grant to the SDSC and to recipients
       of software distributed by the SDSC a perpetual, worldwide,
       non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable (except as
       stated in this section) patent license to make, have made, use,
       offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise transfer the Work,
       where such license applies only to those patent claims licensable
       by You that are necessarily infringed by Your Contribution(s)
       alone or by combination of Your Contribution(s) with the Work to
       which such Contribution(s) were submitted. If any entity institutes
       patent litigation against You or any other entity (including a
       cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that your
       Contribution, or the Work to which you have contributed, constitutes
       direct or contributory patent infringement, then any patent licenses
       granted to that entity under this Agreement for that Contribution or
       Work shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed.
 
    4. You represent that You are legally entitled to grant the above
       license. You represent further that each employee of the
       Corporation designated on Schedule A below (or in a subsequent
       written modification to that Schedule) is authorized to submit
       Contributions on behalf of the Corporation.
 
    5. You represent that each of Your Contributions is Your original
       creation (see section 7 for submissions on behalf of others).
 
    6. You are not expected to provide support for Your Contributions,
       except to the extent You desire to provide support. You may provide
       support for free, for a fee, or not at all. Unless required by
       applicable law or agreed to in writing, You provide Your
       Contributions on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS
       OF ANY KIND, either express or implied, including, without
       limitation, any warranties or conditions of TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT,
       MERCHANTABILITY, or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
    7. Should You wish to submit work that is not Your original creation,
       You may submit it to the SDSC separately from any
       Contribution, identifying the complete details of its source and
       of any license or other restriction (including, but not limited
       to, related patents, trademarks, and license agreements) of which
       you are personally aware, and conspicuously marking the work as
       "Submitted on behalf of a third-party: [named here]".
 
    8. It is your responsibility to notify the SDSC when any change
       is required to the list of designated employees authorized to submit
       Contributions on behalf of the Corporation, or to the Corporation's
       Point of Contact with the SDSC.

Signature: ______________________________ Date: _______________