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  <title>DITA Open Toolkit Contribution Policy</title>
  <shortdesc>The purpose of the DITA Open Toolkit Contribution Policy is to set 
    forth the general principles under which the DITA Open Toolkit project 
    shall accept contributions, license contributions, license materials owned 
    by this project, and manage other intellectual property matters.</shortdesc>
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    <section>
      <title>Overview</title>
      <p>Currently, IBM is the sole Committer for the DITA Open Toolkit 
        project. The <xref href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/cpl1.0.php" 
        format="html" scope="external">Common Public License</xref> (CPL) and
        <xref href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0" format="html"
        scope="external">Apache License 2.0</xref>, which are incorporated 
        herein by reference, will serve as the primary licenses under which the 
        Committer will accept contributions of software, documentation, 
        information (including, but not limited to, ideas, concepts, know-how 
        and techniques) and/or other materials (collectively 
        &quot;Content&quot;) to the project from Contributors. A copy of the 
        CPL and Apache License 2.0 can be found at the root directory of the DITA Open Toolkit 
        deliverable package.</p>
      <p>This Contribution Policy should at all times be interpreted in a 
        manner that is consistent with the Purposes of the this project as set 
        forth in the <xref href="DevelopmentProcess.xml">DITA Open Toolkit 
        Development Process</xref> goals and objectives. This Contribution 
        Policy shall serve as the basis for how non-Committers interact with 
        this project through participation in this project, web-sites owned, 
        controlled, published and/or managed under the auspices of the this 
        project, or otherwise.</p>
      <p>The Common Public License and Apache License 2.0 shall serve as the primary licenses 
        under which the Committer(s) shall accept software, documentation, 
        information (including, but not limited to, ideas, concepts, know-how 
        and techniques) and/or other materials (collectively 
        &quot;Content&quot;) from contributors including, but not limited to, 
        Contributors and Committers.</p>
      <p>The DITA Open Toolkit project provides a process for accepting bug 
        fixes and contributions from parties who have not accepted the license 
        to be Contributors. See <xref href="BugFixGuidelines-NoCLA.xml">Due 
        Diligence for Submission of Bug Fixes and Patches from 
        Non-Committers</xref></p>
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    <section>
      <title>DUE DILIGENCE AND RECORD KEEPING</title>
      <p>The Committer(s), shall be responsible for scrutinizing all Content 
        contributed to the DITA Open Toolkit project and help ensure that the 
        Contribution Policy licensing requirements set forth above are met. 
        Except as set forth below, the applicable Committer shall conduct the 
        following activities prior to uploading any Content into the repository 
        or otherwise making the Content available for distribution: </p>
      <ol>
        <li>Contact the potential contributor of the Content through an 
          appropriate channel of communication and collect/confirm the 
          following:
          <ul> 
            <li>Contributor&apos;s name, current address, phone 
          number and e-mail address;</li> 
            <li>Name and contact information of 
          the contributor&apos;s current employer, if any;</li> <li>If the 
          contributor is not self-employed, the Committer must request and 
          receive a signed <xref href="ContributionForm.xml">consent form</xref> (to be provided by the Committer) from 
          the contributor&apos;s employer confirming that the employer does not 
          object to the employee contributing the Content. </li> <li>Determine 
          if the Content can be contributed under the terms of the CPL and
          Apache License 2.0 or the 
          alternative terms and conditions supplied by the Contributor. This 
          can be done by asking the contributor questions such as; <ol> <li>Did 
          you develop all of the Content from scratch;</li> <li>If not, what 
          materials did you use to develop the Content?</li> <li>Did you 
          reference any confidential information of any third party? </li> 
          <li>If you referenced third party materials, under what terms did you 
          receive such materials? </li> </ol></li> <li>If it is determined by 
          the Committer that the Content is not the original work of the 
          Contributor, collect the contact information of the copyright holder 
          of the original or underlying work. The copyright holder of the 
          Content or the underlying work may then need to be contacted to 
          collect additional information.</li> 
          </ul>
        </li>
        <li>The <draft-comment>was 
          &quot;Committer(s)&quot;</draft-comment>Contributor(s) shall document 
          all information requested in (1) above and fill in Contribution 
          Questionnaire (to be provided by the Committer) and provide the 
          completed Contribution Questionnaire to the Committer.</li>
        <li>The Committer shall also be responsible for running a scan tool to 
          help ensure that the Content does not include any code not identified 
          by the contributor.</li>
        <li> Based on the information collected, the Committer shall use 
          his/her reasonable judgment to determine if the Content can be 
          contributed under terms and conditions that are consistent with the 
          licensing requirements of this IP Policy. </li>
      </ol>
      <p>If the applicable Committer has any doubts about the ability to 
        distribute the Content under terms and conditions that are consistent 
        with the CPL and Apache License 2.0 or the proposed alternative terms and conditions, the 
        Committer may not upload the code to the repository or otherwise 
        distribute the Content. The Committer(s) shall be responsible for 
        filing/maintaining the information collected for future reference as 
        needed.</p>
      <p>The above record keeping requirements shall not apply to</p>
      <ul>
        <li>Minor modifications to Content previously contributed to and 
          accepted by the Committer(s).</li>
        <li>Articles and White Papers</li>
        <li>Information or minor Content modifications provided through bug 
          reports, mailing lists and news groups </li>
      </ul>
      <p>While the record keeping requirements do not apply to the items listed 
        above, Committers must conduct reasonable due diligence to satisfy 
        themselves that proposed Contributions can be licensed under the terms 
        of the CPL and Apache License 2.0.</p>
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