Before we can accept a contribution to one of OpenXC’s open source projects, we ask that all developers sign a Contributor License Agreement (CLA).

The CLA makes everyone’s rights clear. It states:

• You grant copyright license for your contributions to the OpenXC Platform
• You grant patent license for your contributions to the OpenXC Platform
• Your contribution is entirely voluntary
• Your work is your original creation
• You are not required to provide support for your contributions

You should read and understand the entire CLA before signing it. This description of it is not legally binding.

The CLA is beneficial to our contributors and users because:

• It ensures that we will always be able to release our projects, free from any individual contributor revoking our rights to distribute their contribution.
• This also means that if you fork an OpenXC project or utilize it in a commercial product, you know that you are clear of patent and copyright issues.
• It makes clear what is required of our contributors.

The most important thing about the CLA is that it doesn’t give the OpenXC Platform maintainers any special rights - it just makes your contribution more explicitly open source.

The form for the CLA will be sent to you by one of the OpenXC maintainers after you submit a pull request on GitHub with your contribution.