# trace-mcp Individual Contributor License Agreement (CLA)

Thank you for your interest in contributing to **trace-mcp** (the "Project"),
maintained by Nikolai Vysotskyi (the "Maintainer").

By signing this Contributor License Agreement ("Agreement"), you accept and
agree to the following terms for your present and future Contributions to the
Project.

## 1. Definitions

**"Contribution"** means any original work of authorship, including any
modifications or additions to existing work, that you intentionally submit to
the Project for inclusion. "Submit" includes any form of communication sent to
the Project (pull requests, issues, patches, emails, messages), but excludes
communication conspicuously marked "Not a Contribution."

**"You" (or "Your")** means the individual or legal entity making the
Contribution. If the Contribution is made on behalf of an employer or other
entity, "You" includes that entity.

## 2. Grant of Copyright License

You hereby grant to the Maintainer and to recipients of software distributed
by the Maintainer a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, irrevocable,
royalty-free copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of,
publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute Your
Contributions and any derivative works thereof, **under any license terms the
Maintainer chooses**, including but not limited to the MIT License,
commercial licenses, or any future license.

## 3. Grant of Patent License

You hereby grant to the Maintainer and to recipients of software distributed
by the Maintainer a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, irrevocable,
royalty-free patent license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell,
import, and otherwise transfer Your Contributions, where such license applies
only to those patent claims licensable by You that are necessarily infringed
by Your Contribution alone or by combination of Your Contribution with the
Project to which it was submitted.

If any entity institutes patent litigation (including a cross-claim or
counterclaim in a lawsuit) against You or the Maintainer alleging that Your
Contribution constitutes patent infringement, then any patent licenses
granted under this Agreement for that Contribution shall terminate as of the
date such litigation is filed.

## 4. Representations and Warranties

You represent and warrant that:

(a) **Authority.** You have the legal authority to enter into this Agreement
and grant the above licenses. If Your employer has rights to intellectual
property that You create, You represent that You have received permission from
Your employer to make the Contribution, or that Your employer has waived such
rights for the Contribution.

(b) **Original Work.** Each Contribution is Your original creation. You have
not copied or incorporated any third-party code in a way that would impose
additional licensing obligations on the Project.

(c) **Third-Party Code.** If any part of Your Contribution includes materials
that are not Your original work, You will clearly identify such materials,
their origin, and their license terms in Your Contribution submission.

(d) **No Conflicting Obligations.** You are not aware of any agreement,
obligation, or encumbrance that would prevent You from granting the rights
in this Agreement.

## 5. Moral Rights

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, You waive and agree not to
assert any moral rights (including rights of attribution, integrity, and
disclosure) that You may have in Your Contributions against the Maintainer,
the Project, or any recipients of the Project.

## 6. No Obligation

You acknowledge that the Maintainer is under no obligation to use or
incorporate Your Contribution. The decision to include any Contribution in the
Project is entirely at the discretion of the Maintainer.

## 7. No Warranty

Your Contributions are provided on an **"AS IS" basis, without warranties or
conditions of any kind**, either express or implied, including without
limitation any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular
purpose, or non-infringement. You are not expected to provide support for
Your Contributions unless You choose to do so.

## 8. Ethical Use

All Contributions remain subject to the Ethical Use Addendum defined in the
Project [LICENSE](LICENSE). By contributing, You acknowledge and accept these
restrictions.

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