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Fossil SCM Contributor Agreement
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<p>
This agreement applies to your contribution of material to the
Fossil Software Configuration Management System ("Fossil") that is
mananged by Hipp, Wyrick &amp; Company, Inc. ("Hwaci") and
sets out the intellectual property rights you grant to Hwaci in the
contributed material.
The terms "contribution" and "contributed material" mean any source code, 
object code, patch, tool, sample, graphic, specification, manual, 
documentation, or any other material posted, submitted, or uploaded by 
you to the Fossil project.
 The term "you" means the person identified
and signing at the bottom of this document.  If your contribution
is on behalf of a company, the term "you" also means the company
identified in the signature area below.

<ol>
<li><p>
With respect to any worldwide copyrights, or copyright applications and
registrations, in your contribution:
<ul>
<li> You hereby assign to Hwaci joint ownership, and to the extent that
     such assignment is or becomes invalid, ineffective or unenforceable,
     you hereby grant to Hwaci a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive,
     worldwide, no-charge, royalty-free, unrestricted license to exercise
     all rights under those copyrights, including the right to sublicense.
<li> You agree that both you and Hwaci can do all things in relation to your
     contribution as if each of us were the sole owners, and if one of us
     makes a derivative work of your contribution, the one who makes
     (or has made) the derivative work will be the sole owner of that
     derivative work.
<li> You agree that you will not assert any moral rights in your
     contribution against Hwaci, Hwaci's licensees or transferees, or
     any other user or consumer of your contribution.
<li> You agree that Hwaci may register a copyright in your contribution and 
     exercise all ownership rights associated with it.
<li> You agree that neither you nor Hwaci has any duty to consult with,
     obtain the consent of, or pay or render an accounting to the other
     for any use or distribution of your contribution.
</ul>

<li><p>
With respect to any patents you own, or that you can license without payment
to any third party, and which are relevant to your contribution, you hereby
grant to Hwaci a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, no-charge,
royalty-free license to
make, have made, use, sell, offer to sell, import, and otherwise
transfer your contribution in whole or in part, alone or in
combination with or included in any product, work or materials arising
out of the Fossil project, and to sublicense these same rights.

<li><p>
Except as set out above, you keep all right, title, and interest in your
contribution.  The rights that you grant to Hwaci under this agreement
are effective on the date that you first submitted your contribution to the
Fossil project, even if your submission took place before the date that
you sign this agreement.

<li><p>
You represent and warrant the following:
<ul>
<li> Your contribution is an original work and that you can legally
     grant the rights set out in this agreement.
<li> Your contribution does not, to the best of your knowledge and belief,
     violate any third party's copyrights, trademarks, patents,
     or other intellectual property rights.
<li> You are authorized to sign this agreement on behalf of your
     company (if appliable).
</ul>
</ol>

<p>By filling in the following information and signing your name,
you agree to be bound by all of the terms
set forth in this agreement.  Please print clearly.</p>
 
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<p><table width="80%" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td width="20%" valign="top">Your name &amp email:</td><td width="80%">

    <!-- Replace this line with your name and email --> &nbsp;<p>&nbsp;

</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Company name:<br>(if applicable)</td><td>

    <!-- Replace this line with your company name --> &nbsp;<p>&nbsp;

&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Postal address:</td><td>

    <!-- Replace this line and the next line with your postal address -->
    <p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Signature:</td><td>&nbsp;<p>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Date:</td><td>&nbsp;<p>&nbsp;</td></tr>
</table>
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<p>Send completed forms to:
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Hipp, Wyrick &amp; Company, Inc.<br>
6200 Maple Cove Lane<br>
Charlotte, NC 28269-1086<br>
USA
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