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- @@ -527,9 +522,11 @@ Changes arbitrary purposes (including commercial use).When contributing code, we expect contributors to notify us of any potential - for patent-related trouble with their changes. If you own the rights to a + for patent-related trouble with their changes. If you or your employer + own the rights to a patent and would like to contribute code to LLVM that relies on it, we - require that you sign an agreement that allows any other user of LLVM to + require that + the copyright owner sign an agreement that allows any other user of LLVM to freely use your patent. Please contact the oversight group for more details.
@@ -544,6 +541,11 @@ Changes the entire software base can be managed by a single copyright holder. This implies that any contributions can be licensed under the license that the project uses. + +When contributing code, you also affirm that you are legally entitled to + grant this copyright, personally or on behalf of your employer. If the code + belongs to some other entity, please raise this issue with the oversight + group before the code is committed.