GitLaw Standards Committee Participation Agreement

GitLaw Standards Committee Participation Agreement

This Agreement is effective as of [effective date], by and between GitLaw Inc. ("GitLaw") and [member name] ("Member", meaning the individual or entity executing this Agreement and participating in the GitLaw Standards Committee)

Charter and Scope

Member agrees to participate in the GitLaw Standards Committee (the "Committee") in accordance with the Committee Charter located at https://git.law/committee/charter.

For purposes of this Agreement, “Contribution” means any idea, suggestion, draft, text, template, standard, commentary, playbook content, feedback, or other material submitted, created, or provided by Member in connection with Committee activities, whether orally or in writing.

Member represents that Member has full authority to enter into this Agreement and to grant the rights described herein.

Intellectual Property

The intellectual property rights in relation to Member's Contributions are governed as follows:

Ownership of Contributions. Member hereby grants to GitLaw a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, sub-licensable license to use, reproduce, modify, distribute, publicly display, and create derivative works of all Contributions in connection with GitLaw's products, services, and Committee activities. Member retains ownership of all Contributions and may use, license, and exploit them without restriction.

Member’s ownership and rights are limited solely to the content they specifically authored and do not extend to any document or Playbook as a whole.

Templates and Standards. To the extent Contributions are incorporated into templates, standards, or related materials created or developed collectively by the Committee (the "Templates and Standards"), such Templates and Standards are exclusively owned by GitLaw.

Copyright Licence. GitLaw licenses Templates and Standards publicly under CC BY-SA 4.0. Members retain no individual intellectual property claim over collective Templates and Standards output.

Playbooks. Members may optionally contribute Contributions intended for use in playbooks (private system prompts). Such Contributions are not publicly licensed. GitLaw may use, modify, commercialize, and incorporate such Contributions into its products and services without restriction, including to improve and operate the GitLaw agent.

Other Materials. “Other Materials” means any Contribution output designated by GitLaw that does not fall within the defined categories of Templates and Standards or Playbooks, including but not limited to commentary, documentation, tooling, and ancillary content produced in connection with Committee activities. GitLaw may from time to time designate additional categories of output as either publicly licensed or proprietary. The applicable terms will be communicated to members in advance of any contribution.

Pre-Existing IP. Member retains full ownership of all intellectual property created prior to or independently of Member's participation in the Committee. Nothing in this Agreement requires Member to contribute proprietary materials.

Member represents that any Contribution does not knowingly infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party. Member shall not include third-party materials in any Contribution unless clearly identified and appropriately licensed.

No Attorney-Client Relationship or Practice of Law

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