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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!
### 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:

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## Dual AGPLv3/MIT License Grant
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
Copyright (c) [Year] [Contributor's Name]
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
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SOFTWARE.
```
## Annotating contributions to source code
### 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 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
# Copyright (c) [Year] [Your Name]
# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later OR MIT
# Copyright (c) [Year] [Contributor Name]
void frobnicate(int ntet)
{
...

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## 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.