= ExpressVPN Individual Contributor License Agreement

_2021-08-06_

Express VPN International Ltd. Software Grant and Contributor License Agreement (“*Agreement*”)

Thank you for your interest in contributing to an Express VPN International Ltd. (“*ExpressVPN*”) project. To clarify the intellectual property rights in the project and any Contributions, ExpressVPN requires that You accept this Contributor License Agreement. This license is for Your protection as a contributor as well as the protection of ExpressVPN, recipients of software distributed or made available by ExpressVPN, and other contributors; it does not change your rights to use your own Contributions for any other purpose.

You accept and agree to the following terms and conditions for Your present, and future Contributions submitted to ExpressVPN. Except for the licenses granted herein to ExpressVPN and the recipients of software distributed or made available by ExpressVPN, You reserve all right, title, and interest in and to Your Contributions.

1. Definitions.
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"*You*" (or "*Your*") shall mean the copyright owner or legal entity authorized by the copyright owner that is making this Agreement with ExpressVPN. For legal entities, the entity making a Contribution and all other entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common control with that entity are considered to be a single Contributor. For the purposes of this definition, "*control*" means (i) the power, direct or indirect, to cause the direction or management of such entity, whether by contract or otherwise, or (ii) ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding shares, or (iii) beneficial ownership of such entity. 
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"*Contribution*" shall mean the code, documentation or other original works of authorship, invention or improvement, including any modifications or additions to an existing work, that is intentionally submitted by You to ExpressVPN for inclusion in, or documentation of, any of the projects owned or managed by ExpressVPN (the "*Work*"). For the purposes of this definition, "*submitted*" means any form of electronic, verbal, or written communication sent to ExpressVPN or its representatives, including but not limited to communication on electronic mailing lists, source code control systems, and issue tracking systems that are managed by, or on behalf of, ExpressVPN for the purpose of discussing and improving the Work, but excluding communication that is conspicuously marked or otherwise designated in writing by You as "Not a Contribution."  
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2. *Grant of Copyright License*. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, You hereby grant to ExpressVPN and the recipients of software distributed or made available by ExpressVPN a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, make available, and distribute Your Contributions and such derivative works, as well as the right to sublicense and have sublicensed, through multiple tiers of sublicensees, all of the foregoing rights.

3. *Grant of Patent License*. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, You hereby grant to ExpressVPN and the recipients of software distributed or made available by ExpressVPN a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable (except as stated in this section) patent license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise transfer the Work and Your Contributions, as well as the right to sublicense and have sublicensed, through multiple tiers of sublicensees, all of the foregoing rights where such license applies only to those patent claims licensable by You that are necessarily infringed by Your Contributions alone or by combination of Your Contributions with the Work to which such Contributions were submitted. If any entity institutes patent litigation against You or any other entity (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that any of Your Contributions, or the Work to which you have contributed, constitutes direct or contributory patent infringement, then any patent licenses granted to that entity under this Agreement for that Contribution or Work shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed (“Defensive Patent Termination”), provided that the terms under which such instituting entity obtained any such patent license provide notice of this Defensive Patent Termination.  

4. You represent that You are legally entitled to grant the above license. If any third party (such as your employer(s)) has rights to any portion of any of Your Contributions, you represent that such third party has authorized your submission of such Contributions or that such third party has waived such rights for such Contributions.

5. You represent that each of Your Contributions is Your original creation (see section 7 for submissions of work that is not Your original creation).

6. You are not expected to provide support for Your Contributions, except to the extent You desire to provide support. You may provide support for free, for a fee, or not at all. Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, and except for the representations and warranties elsewhere in this Agreement, You provide Your Contributions on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied, including, without limitation, any warranties or conditions of TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

7. Should You wish to submit, along with any of Your Contributions, work that is not Your original creation (“Third Party Work”), You represent that You have sufficient rights in such Third Party Work to make the submission and may submit it to ExpressVPN separately from any Contribution, identifying the complete details of its source and of any license or other restriction (including, but not limited to, related patents, trademarks, and license agreements) and conspicuously marking the work as "Submitted on behalf of a third-party: [named here] and licensed pursuant to: [license name]" (substituting the bracketed text with the applicable information).

8. You agree to notify ExpressVPN of any facts or circumstances of which you become aware that would make the representations contained herein inaccurate in any respect.

9. Your Contribution and any personal information contained therein and otherwise provided to ExpressVPN may be maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed or made available consistent with this Agreement. The personal information you provide will be maintained in accordance with ExpressVPN’s privacy policy.
