Contributor License.txt

Contributor License Agreement for Ethelo Decisions Inc. & Ethelo Democracy Society

Thank you for your interest in participating in the community development of the Ethelo Engine Ruby API.

In order to clarify the intellectual property license granted with contributions
of software from any person or entity (the "Contributor"), Ethelo Decisions Inc.
& Ethelo Democracy Society requires each contributor to sign this agreement
(the “Contributor License Agreement”, indicating agreement to its terms.

This agreement is for clarification of the license and rights you grant to
Ethelo Decisions Inc., Ethelo Democracy and other users of the software.
It does not change your right to use your own contributions for any other purpose.

You hereby accept and agree to the following terms and conditions:
1. Your "Contributions" means all of your past, present and future contributions
of object code, source code and documentation to Ethelo Engine Ruby API, however submitted,
excluding only any submissions that are conspicuously marked or otherwise
designated in writing by You as "Not a Contribution."

2. You hereby grant to the Ethelo Decisions Inc. & Ethelo Democracy Society
a non-exclusive, irrevocable, worldwide, no-charge, transferable and
sublicensable copyright license to use, execute, prepare derivative works of,
and distribute (internally and externally, in object code and, if included in
your Contributions, source code form) your Contributions.

Except for the rights granted to Ethelo Decisions Inc. & Ethelo Democracy Society
in this paragraph, You reserve all right, title and interest in and to your
Contributions.

3. You represent that you are legally entitled to grant the above license. If
your employer(s) have rights to intellectual property that you create, you
represent that you have received permission to make the Contributions on behalf
of that employer, or that your employer has waived such rights for your
Contributions.

4. You represent that, except as disclosed in your Contribution submission(s),
each of your Contributions is your original creation. You represent that your
Contribution submissions(s) included complete details of any license or other
restriction (including, but not limited to, related patents and trademarks)
associated with any part of your Contributions), including a copy of any
applicable license agreement.

You agree to notify the Ethelo Decisions Inc. & Ethelo Democracy Society of any
facts or circumstances of which you become aware that would make Your
representations in the Agreement inaccurate in any respect.

5. You are not expected to provide support for your Contributions, except to the
extent you desire to provide support. Your may provide support for free, for a
fee, or not at all. Your Contributions are provided as-is, with all faults,
defects and errors, and without any warranty of any kind (either express or
implied) including, without limitation, any implied warranty of merchantability
and fitness for a particular purpose and any warranty of non-infringement.