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<h1>Contributor Agreement</h1>
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<p><a href="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>/assets/files/nextcloud-copyright-assignment-common.pdf">Download the agreement (pdf)</a><br /></p>
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<p><a href="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>/assets/files/Addendum_iOS.pdf">iOS Addendum (pdf)</a><br /></p>
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<p>We release the Nextcloud <a href="https://github.com/nextcloud/core">core</a> and the <a href="https://github.com/nextcloud/client">desktop</a>, <a href="https://github.com/nextcloud/ios">iOS</a> and <a href="https://github.com/nextcloud/android">Android</a> clients under a dual license. Because of that we require a signed
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contributor agreement from developers who want to commit code to them. This only applies to these repositories, not the apps or other parts.<p>
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<h3>A contributor agreement? Does this mean that Nextcloud is no longer free software?</h3>
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<p>No, the contributor agreement guarantees that every community contribution is always released
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as AGPL (or GPL in the case of the desktop and Android clients and GPLv3 in case of the iOS app). This is not different from the old situation.</p>
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<p>The agreement allows the company to offer customers Nextcloud under another license, in exchange for money.
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This thus helps pay the bills for Nextcloud contributors.</p>
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<h3>Does this mean that everybody who wants to contribute to Nextcloud has to sign this agreement?</h3>
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<p>No. Only the <a href="https://github.com/nextcloud/core">Nextcloud core repository</a> is covered by this contributor agreement. Nextcloud is build out of a lot of small modules
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called apps. We don't require a contributor agreement for the apps, only for the core, the desktop clients and android.<p>
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<h3>But I want to contribute to Nextcloud and can't or don't want to sign a contributor agreement. What can I do?</h3>
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<p>We can accept your core contribution if you release your code under the MIT license. Of course we
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recommend that you sign the agreement because AGPL/GPL protects the freedom of your work better than MIT. But the choice is yours.<p>
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<h3>How difficult is it to sign the agreement?</h3>
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Very easy. Take the PDF, sign it and send it by mail or scan to Carlos: cml@nextcloud.com</p>
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<p>or<br />
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Carlos Montero-Luque<br />
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57 Bedford Street, Suite 102<br />
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Lexington, MA 02420<br />
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USA</p>
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<p>We will give you full commit rights as soon as we have received your agreement. If you also want to contribute
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to the Nextcloud iOS app please also send the signed "iOS Addendum" document. See the <a href="/contribute/iOS-license-exception/">iOS license exception</a> for testing the Nextcloud iOS app on Apple hardware.</p>
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<h3>Is there any risk for me when I sign this agreement?</h3>
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<p>We don't think so. You have to give us the right to use your software patents if you have any and if they apply to your patch.
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That’s all. Probably not a problem for you because software patents are bad and we all don't hold any patents anyway.<p>
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<h3>Why do you require a contributor agreement now?</h3>
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<p>We have set up a company to speed up Nextcloud development and pay the bills of Nextcloud developers.
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We thought a lot about the relationship between the company and community and about a solution that is best for both parties.</p>
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<p>The company needs to have a business model so that it can sell software, support and services to big companies.
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Many customers are willing to pay for a non-AGPL version of Nextcloud, some would not even use Nextcloud without a proprietary license.
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Aside from the <em>'Enterprise Edition'</em> under a closed license, we of course sell support and other services.
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The revenue is used to fund development of Nextcloud, marketing, services, sponsoring and so on.</p>
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<p>The community wants to be sure that all the contributions and all the hard work stays Free Software.
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That is guaranteed by the AGPL license.<p>
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<p>And the community wants to make Nextcloud better and more successful. That is where the company helps.
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Nextcloud benefits enormously from the resources that the company invests into it, including coding, marketing and more.
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The company pays Nextcloud coders to write features the customers need and works with the community to make Nextcloud a better product.
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Because the company works in the open and as part of the community, and because the code is released under the AGPL,
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Nextcloud itself continues to be free. Essentially, Nextcloud Inc. customers pay for Nextcloud contributors writing more AGPL code for Nextcloud.
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So we think that we found a solution here which is good for all parties.<p>
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