Contribution Agreement

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• you own or otherwise have all rights necessary for you to provide the contributions and grant the rights described above;
• your contributions do not contain any viruses, worms, spyware, or other components or instructions that are malicious, deceptive, or designed to limit or harm the functionality of a computer; and
• your contributions are not subject to license terms that require any software or documentation incorporating or derived from your contributions to be licensed to others.

No compensation will be paid for any of your contributions.