| # Contributor License Agreement (CLA) |
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| **Kiro Gateway** |
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| Version 1.0 — Effective Date: December 2025 |
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| ## Introduction |
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| Thank you for your interest in contributing to **Kiro Gateway** (the "Project"), maintained by **Jwadow** (the "Maintainer"). This Contributor License Agreement ("Agreement") documents the rights granted by contributors to the Maintainer. |
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| By submitting a Contribution to this Project, you accept and agree to the following terms and conditions for your present and future Contributions. |
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| ## 1. Definitions |
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| **"You" (or "Your")** means the copyright owner or legal entity authorized by the copyright owner that is making this Agreement with the Maintainer. |
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| **"Contribution"** means any original work of authorship, including any modifications or additions to an existing work, that is intentionally submitted by You to the Maintainer for inclusion in the Project. This includes any communication sent to the Project's repositories, issue trackers, mailing lists, or any other communication channel. |
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| **"Submitted"** means any form of electronic, verbal, or written communication sent to the Maintainer, including but not limited to communication on electronic mailing lists, source code control systems, and issue tracking systems. |
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| ## 2. Grant of Copyright License |
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| Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, You hereby grant to the Maintainer and to recipients of software distributed by the Maintainer a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to: |
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| - Reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute Your Contributions and such derivative works |
| - Relicense the Contribution under any license, including proprietary licenses |
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| ## 3. Grant of Patent License |
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| Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, You hereby grant to the Maintainer and to recipients of software distributed by the Maintainer a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable 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) was submitted. |
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| ## 4. Representations |
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| You represent that: |
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| ### 4.1 Original Work |
| You are legally entitled to grant the above license. If your employer(s) has rights to intellectual property that you create that includes your Contributions, you represent that: |
| - You have received permission to make Contributions on behalf of that employer |
| - Your employer has waived such rights for your Contributions to the Maintainer |
| - Your employer has executed a separate Corporate CLA with the Maintainer |
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| ### 4.2 Third-Party Content |
| If your Contribution includes or is based on any third-party code, you represent that: |
| - You have identified all such third-party code in your Contribution |
| - You have provided complete details of any third-party license or other restriction associated with any part of your Contribution |
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| ### 4.3 No Conflicts |
| Your Contribution does not violate any agreement or obligation you have with any third party. |
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| ## 5. Support and Warranty Disclaimer |
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| 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. |
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| **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.** |
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| ## 6. Notification of Changes |
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| You agree to notify the Maintainer of any facts or circumstances of which you become aware that would make these representations inaccurate in any respect. |
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| ## 7. Moral Rights |
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| To the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, You hereby waive, and agree not to assert, all of Your "moral rights" in or relating to Your Contributions for the benefit of the Maintainer, its assigns, and their respective direct and indirect sublicensees. |
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| ## 8. Governing Law |
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| This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Maintainer resides, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. |
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| ## 9. Entire Agreement |
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| This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings, whether written or oral, relating to such subject matter. |
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| ## How to Sign This CLA |
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| By submitting a pull request or other Contribution to this Project, you signify your acceptance of this Agreement. |
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| For significant contributions, you may be asked to explicitly confirm your acceptance by: |
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| 1. Adding your name to the [CONTRIBUTORS.md](CONTRIBUTORS.md) file (if it exists) |
| 2. Commenting "I have read the CLA and I accept its terms" on your pull request |
| 3. Signing via a CLA bot (if implemented) |
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| ## Contact |
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| If you have questions about this CLA, please open an issue in the repository or contact the Maintainer directly. |
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| **Maintainer:** Jwadow |
| **GitHub:** [@jwadow](https://github.com/jwadow) |
| **Project:** [Kiro Gateway](https://github.com/jwadow/kiro-gateway) |
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| *This CLA is based on the Apache Individual Contributor License Agreement and has been modified for this project.* |
