Developer Certificate of Origin + License
By contributing to the OpenLDAP Foundation, You accept and agree to the following terms and conditions for Your present and future Contributions submitted to the OpenLDAP Foundation. Except for the license granted herein to the OpenLDAP Foundation and recipients of software distributed by the OpenLDAP Foundation, You reserve all right, title, and interest in and to Your Contributions.
Developer Certificate of Origin Version 1.1
Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors. 1 Letterman Drive Suite D4700 San Francisco, CA, 94129
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I have the right to submit it under the open source license indicated in the file; or
(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source license and I have the right under that license to submit that work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part by me, under the same open source license (unless I am permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated in the file; or
(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified it.
(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution are public and that a record of the contribution (including all personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with this project or the open source license(s) involved.
All Contributions to this project are licensed under the following licenses:
- The OpenLDAP Public License Version 2.8, 17 August 2003 https://www.openldap.org/software/release/license.html
Files containing patches representing significant blocks of new code (10 lines or greater) must include a notice of origin:
The attached patch file is derived from OpenLDAP Software. All of the modifications to OpenLDAP Software represented in the following patch(es) were developed by <YOUR NAME> <YOUR-EMAIL-ADDRESS>. I have not assigned rights and/or interest in this work to any party.
This notice must be followed by an appropriate rights statement.
If the patch is derived from other works, you must include a detailed description of these others works. The description should include specific references to the location where these works can be obtained, such as URL to their location on the Internet.
If you have assigned rights and/or interest in this work to another party, such as your employer (possibly through your employment agreement), you must state which rights you have assigned and to whom. For instance, "By virtue of my employment agreement with EMPLOYER-NAME, I have assigned my rights and interest in this work to EMPLOYER-NAME."
Below is an example notice for someone making a contribution on behalf of your employer:
The attached file is derived from OpenLDAP Software. All of the modifications to OpenLDAP Software represented in the following patch(es) were developed by <YOUR-EMPLOYER>. <YOUR-EMPLOYER> has not assigned rights and/or interest in this work to any party. I, <YOUR-NAME> am authorized by <YOUR-EMPLOYER>, my employer, to release this work under the following terms.
This notice must be followed by an appropriate rights statement.
For small modifications (bug fixes, minor enhancements, etc.), we suggest the modifications be placed into the public domain so that they can be freely incorporated into OpenLDAP Software (as well as other works).
I, <YOUR NAME>, hereby place the following modifications to OpenLDAP Software (and only these modifications) into the public domain. Hence, these modifications may be freely used and/or redistributed for any purpose with or without attribution and/or other notice.
A corporate example:
<YOUR-EMPLOYER> hereby place the following modifications to OpenLDAP Software (and only these modifications) into the public domain. Hence, these modifications may be freely used and/or redistributed for any purpose with or without attribution and/or other notice.
While you may use the above for large modifications as well, you may desire to maintain rights in your modifications. However, to ensure license compatibility, we require all contributions (your modifications) to be provided under compatible terms. Hence, we suggest the following statement be used:
The attached modifications to OpenLDAP Software are subject to the following notice:
Copyright <YEAR> <YOUR NAME> Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted only as authorized by the OpenLDAP Public License.
By making this statement, you are allowing redistribution and use of your modifications under the same terms as OpenLDAP Software itself.