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# Sign the Odoo CLA
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In order for your contribution to Odoo to be accepted, you have to sign the
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Odoo Contributor License Agreement (CLA). More information about this
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requirement is explained in the [FAQ](#faq).
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## If you are an individual
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1. Read the [Individual Contributor License Agreement](icla-1.0.md)
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2. Modify your current pull request, or make a new pull request on
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[odoo/odoo](https://github.com/odoo/odoo), adding a new file
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`<github-login>.md` under the [`doc/cla/individual`](individual/) directory.
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If your GitHub login is `odony`, the file would be
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`doc/cla/individual/odony.md`. The file should contain:
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```
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<country>, <date>
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I hereby agree to the terms of the Odoo Individual Contributor License
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Agreement v1.0.
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I declare that I am authorized and able to make this agreement and sign this
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declaration.
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Signed,
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<name> <git_email> https://github.com/<login>
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```
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Replacing the following placeholders:
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* `<country>`: your country
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* `<date>`: current date in the form `YYYY-MM-DD`
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* `<name>`: your name
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* `<git_email>`: your git committer email **(use `git config user.email` to see it)**
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* `<login>`: your GitHub login
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3. An Odoo R&D Team member will verify and accept your Pull Request. You can
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make other pull requests, but we won't be able to merge them until your CLA
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signature is merged.
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## If you work for a company
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1. Read the [Corporate Contributor License Agreement](ccla-1.0.md)
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2. Modify your current pull request, or make a new pull request on
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[odoo/odoo](/odoo/odoo), adding a new file `<lowercase-company-name>.md`
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under the [`doc/cla/corporate`](corporate/) directory.
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If the name of the company is Odoo, the file would be
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`doc/cla/corporate/odoo.md`. The file should contain:
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```
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<country>, <date>
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<company-name> agrees to the terms of the Odoo Corporate Contributor License
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Agreement v1.0.
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I declare that I am authorized and able to make this agreement and sign this
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declaration.
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Signed,
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<name> <git_email> https://github.com/<login>
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List of contributors:
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<name> <git_email> https://github.com/<login>
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```
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The List of contributors should list the individual contributors working
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for the company.
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Replacing the following placeholders:
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* `<country>`: your country
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* `<date>`: current date in the form `YYYY-MM-DD`
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* `<name>`: your name
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* `<git_email>`: git committer email **(use `git config user.email` to see it)**
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* `<login>`: your GitHub login
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3. An Odoo R&D Team member will verify and accept your Pull Request. You can
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make other pull requests, but we won't be able to merge them until your CLA
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signature is merged.
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## If you don't have a github account
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If you cannot submit your signature using a pull request, you may alternatively
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print the CLA, complete it, sign it, scan it and send it by email to
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`cla-submission` `at` `odoo.com`. In that case someone from the Odoo team will
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make the pull request on your behalf.
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* Printable Odoo CCLA v1.0 https://www.odoo.com/files/legal/Odoo-CCLA-v1.0.pdf
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* Printable Odoo ICLA v1.0 https://www.odoo.com/files/legal/Odoo-ICLA-v1.0.pdf
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# FAQ
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## Why do I need to accept a CLA ?
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The goal of having a Contributor License Agreement for Odoo is to:
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* clearly define the terms under which intellectual property (patches, pull
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requests, etc.) have been contributed to the Odoo project
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* protect the Odoo project and its users in case of legal dispute about the
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origin or ownership of any part of the code
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* protect the Odoo project and its users from bad actors who would contribute
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and then try to withdraw their contributions or cause legal trouble, e.g. in
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the form of patent lawsuits
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This is done by establishing a credible, non-repudiable record that each
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contributor really intended to contribute to the Odoo project under specific
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terms, and they had the right to make those contributions.
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The CLA is for the protection of the contributors, the project and its users.
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It does not change your rights to use your own contributions for any other
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purpose.
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The Odoo CLA is based on the Apache Software Foundation CLA v2.0, as
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can be found on the Apache website.
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This CLA is not a copyright assignment, it is a pure license agreement. You
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keep the full copyright for your contributions, you simply provide an
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irrevocable license to the project maintainer, Odoo S.A. to use, modify and
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distribute your contributions without further restrictions.
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## How does it work?
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Each individual contributor (making contributions only on their own behalf) is
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required to sign and submit the Individual Contributor License Agreement
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(ICLA) of Odoo. The agreement is executed by adding your name and
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signature to the list of validated contributors inside the project source code.
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If someone is unable to sign the CLA, their contributions will have to be
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removed from the Odoo project.
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In addition, if some or all of someone's contributions are written as part of
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an employment by somebody else, the work may not belong to the contributor but
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to their employer, depending on the contract terms and local laws. In that case
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the employer needs to sign the Corporate Contributor License Agreement (CCLA),
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including the names of all contributors allowed to make those contributions in
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order for those contributions to be accepted.
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The contributors should still sign the Individual CLA, in order to cover the
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contributions that do not belong to the employer.
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Contributors who have signed the ICLA without a CCLA from their employer should
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be very careful.
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The ICLA (section 4) is a legal declaration where the contributor states they
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have the right to make the contributions. These contributors should only
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submit contributions they are really entitled to license.
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