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Update Contributor License Agreement for dual AGPLv3/MIT licensing

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- Add explicit CLA agreement checkbox to PR template
- Update README with commercial licensing information and future CLA revision notice
- Enable dual licensing strategy while maintaining contributor-friendly approach
- Use license grants instead of copyright assignment for practical implementation
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Jürgen Fuhrmann
2025-07-29 18:13:19 +02:00
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Thank you very much for helping to improve TetGen! Thank you very much for helping to improve TetGen!
### Legal: ### Legal:
By opening this issue, you agree to the terms of the Contributor License Agreement (CLA) stated in [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://codeberg.org/TetGen/TetGen/src/branch/main/CONTRIBUTING.md). By opening this pull request, you agree to the terms of the Contributor License Agreement (CLA) stated in [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://codeberg.org/TetGen/TetGen/src/branch/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).
- [ ] I have read and agree to the Contributor License Agreement in CONTRIBUTING.md
### Pull request description: ### Pull request description:

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## Dual AGPLv3/MIT License Grant ## Dual AGPLv3/MIT License Grant
Contributor agrees that their contribution is provided under the GNU Affero General Public License v3 (AGPLv3) reproduced Contributor agrees that their contribution is provided under the GNU Affero General Public License v3 (AGPLv3) reproduced
in the file [LICENSE](LICENSE) or any later version and, in addition, under the following MIT License terms: in the file [LICENSE](LICENSE) or any later version and, in addition, grants the contribution under the MIT License terms below:
```text ```text
Copyright (c) [Year] [Contributor's Name]
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
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SOFTWARE. SOFTWARE.
``` ```
## Annotating contributions to source code ## Annotating contributions to source code
### Trivial changes ### Trivial changes
Trivial changes (e.g., 1-2 line fixes or typo fixes) inherit the AGPLv3 license of the project and without further annotation in addition are assumed to be licensed under the MIT license Trivial changes (e.g., 1-2 line fixes or typo fixes) inherit the AGPLv3 license of the project and without further annotation are also licensed under MIT as specified above.
### Functions and nontrivial snippets of code ### Functions and nontrivial snippets of code
Functions and nontrivial snippets of code by default inherit the AGPLv3 license of the project and in addition shall be marked in a PR with an SPDX header as in this example: Functions and nontrivial snippets of code by default inherit the AGPLv3 license of the project and are also licensed under MIT as specified above. They shall be marked in a PR with an SPDX header as in this example:
``` ```
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later OR MIT
# Copyright (c) [Year] [Your Name] # Copyright (c) [Year] [Contributor Name]
void frobnicate(int ntet) void frobnicate(int ntet)
{ {
... ...

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## Contributing ## Contributing
By submitting a contribution (including but not limited to code, documentation, or other materials) via a pull request, issue, or other means, a contributor agrees to the terms of the contributor license agreement stated in [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md). By submitting a contribution (including but not limited to code, documentation, or other materials) via a pull request, issue, or other means, a contributor agrees to the terms of the contributor license agreement stated in [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md). It is planned to revise this agreement, once the extension of the dual licensing scheme has been set up.