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Gardomatic Contributor License Agreement
Version 1.0, 10 September 2026
Thank you for your interest in contributing to Gardomatic. This Contributor License Agreement (the "Agreement") documents the rights granted by contributors to Alexander Klein ("We", "Us", or the "Project Owner"). It is based on the Harmony Contributor License Agreement Template, Version 1.0.
This is a legally binding agreement. Please read it carefully before submitting a Contribution.
How to accept this Agreement
For an individual Contribution, You accept this Agreement by submitting a pull request and checking the CLA acceptance box included in the pull request template. The pull request and its history provide the electronic record of acceptance.
If You contribute on behalf of a Legal Entity, or if Your employer owns or may own rights in the Contribution, an authorized representative must contact alex@kleiax.de before the Contribution can be accepted. We may request a separately signed entity agreement.
Do not include a home address, identification document, or other unnecessary personal information in a public pull request.
1. Definitions
"You" means the individual who Submits a Contribution to Us. When a Contribution is made on behalf of a Legal Entity, "You" also means that Legal Entity and its Affiliates where the context requires it.
"Legal Entity" means an entity that is not a natural person. "Affiliates" means other Legal Entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common control with that Legal Entity. "Control" means (i) the direct or indirect power to direct the management of an entity, whether by contract or otherwise, (ii) ownership of fifty percent or more of the securities entitled to elect its management, or (iii) beneficial ownership of the entity.
"Contribution" means any work of authorship that is Submitted by You to Us and in which You own or assert ownership of the Copyright.
"Copyright" means all rights protecting works of authorship owned or controlled by You or Your Affiliates, including copyright, moral, and neighboring rights, for their full term and any extensions.
"Material" means Gardomatic and its associated source code, documentation, media, and other materials made available by Us to third parties. After You Submit a Contribution, it may be included in the Material.
"Submit" means any electronic, verbal, or written communication sent to Us or our representatives through systems managed by or on behalf of Us for discussing or improving the Material. This includes pull requests, commits, patches, issue trackers, and code review comments. Communications conspicuously marked "Not a Contribution" are excluded.
"Submission Date" means the date on which You Submit a Contribution to Us.
"Effective Date" means the date You accept this Agreement or the date You first Submit a Contribution to Us, whichever is earlier.
2. Grant of Rights
2.1 Copyright License
You retain ownership of the Copyright in Your Contribution and keep the same rights to use or license the Contribution that You would have had without entering into this Agreement.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, You grant to Us a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, and irrevocable license under the Copyright covering the Contribution. This license includes the right to sublicense through multiple tiers of sublicensees and to reproduce, modify, prepare derivative works of, display, perform, distribute, and otherwise use the Contribution as part of the Material, subject to Section 2.3.
2.2 Patent License
For patent claims, including method, process, and apparatus claims, that You or Your Affiliates own, control, or have the right to grant now or in the future, You grant to Us a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, and irrevocable patent license, with the right to sublicense through multiple tiers of sublicensees, to make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale, import, and otherwise transfer the Contribution and the Contribution in combination with the Material.
This patent license is granted only to the extent that exercising the rights in the Contribution would infringe those patent claims and is subject to Section 2.3.
2.3 Outbound License
If We include Your Contribution in the Material, We may license the Contribution under any license, including copyleft, permissive, commercial, or proprietary licenses.
As a condition of exercising this right, We will also make the Contribution available under the license or licenses that apply to the Material on the Submission Date. At the time this Agreement was published, that license is the PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0.
2.4 Moral Rights
If moral rights apply to the Contribution, to the maximum extent permitted by law, You waive and agree not to assert those rights against Us, our successors in interest, or our direct or indirect licensees in connection with exercising the rights granted by this Agreement.
2.5 Our Rights
We are not obligated to use, merge, publish, or continue to distribute any Contribution.
2.6 Reservation of Rights
Any rights not expressly licensed under this Section 2 are reserved by You.
3. Your Confirmations
You confirm that:
- You have the legal authority to enter into this Agreement.
- You or Your Affiliates own the Copyright and patent claims covering the Contribution that are required to grant the rights in Section 2.
- The rights granted under Section 2 do not violate rights previously granted to third parties, including Your employer.
- If You are an employee and Your employer owns or may own rights in the Contribution, You have obtained its written approval or an authorized representative has entered into an entity agreement with Us.
- You have clearly identified any part of the Contribution that You did not author and have provided its source and applicable license. You will not Submit third-party material unless its license permits the Contribution and the rights granted by this Agreement.
- If You are under eighteen years old, Your parent or legal guardian has approved Your acceptance of this Agreement.
4. Disclaimer
EXCEPT FOR THE EXPRESS CONFIRMATIONS IN SECTION 3, THE CONTRIBUTION IS PROVIDED "AS IS". TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IF A WARRANTY CANNOT BE DISCLAIMED, IT IS LIMITED TO THE MINIMUM SCOPE AND DURATION PERMITTED BY LAW.
5. Consequential Damage Waiver
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, NEITHER YOU NOR WE WILL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER UNDER THIS AGREEMENT FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF DATA, OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL THEORY ON WHICH THE CLAIM IS BASED.
6. Miscellaneous
- This Agreement is governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding its conflict-of-law rules and the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
- This Agreement is the entire agreement between You and Us concerning Your Contributions and replaces prior agreements or understandings about those Contributions.
- If You or We transfer rights or obligations received under this Agreement to a third party, that third party must agree in writing to comply with the relevant rights and obligations of this Agreement.
- A failure to require performance of a provision once does not waive the right to require it later.
- If a provision is found invalid or unenforceable, it will be replaced to the extent possible by an enforceable provision that most closely reflects its purpose. The remaining provisions continue in effect.
- We may publish a new version of this Agreement for future Contributions. A new version does not retroactively change the terms governing Contributions already Submitted under an earlier version.
Template attribution
This Agreement is adapted from the Harmony Contributor Agreement Template, Version 1.0, published by Harmony Agreements under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License:
https://www.harmonyagreements.org/docs/ha-combined-v1
The template has been customized for Gardomatic by selecting a contributor license (not a copyright assignment), selecting Harmony outbound license Option Five, naming the parties and project, defining electronic acceptance, choosing German law, and removing unused template alternatives and placeholders. Harmony Agreements does not endorse this adaptation.