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= MuleSoft Documentation Contributor’s Agreement

In consideration for the potential acceptance of Your Contributions in the MuleSoft Product you agree to the following terms and conditions (the “Agreement”):

  1. "Your Contributions" means all of your past, present, and future contributions of object code, source code and documentation to MuleSoft, however submitted to MuleSoft, excluding any submissions that are conspicuously marked or otherwise designated in writing by you as "Not a Contribution." “MuleSoft Products” means the proprietary MuleSoft web-based or software products including documentation.

  2. You assign all worldwide right, title, and interest to Your Contributions in copyrights and related moral rights to MuleSoft. MuleSoft shall be able to register this assignment. However, at the same time, MuleSoft grants to you a non-exclusive, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty free, transferable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, distribute (internally and externally, in object code and, if included in Your Contributions, source code form), use, publicly perform and publicly display Your Contributions, with the right to sublicense all of these rights through multiple tiers of sublicensees. The intention of the parties is that this license will be as broad as possible and to provide you with rights as similar as possible to the rights of the owner of the copyright. This license is limited to Your Contributions and does not provide any rights to the MuleSoft Products. You also grant to MuleSoft a non-exclusive, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty free, transferable license under any patents owned by You now or in the future to make, use, sell, offer for sale and import in Your Contributions, with the right to sublicense all of these rights through multiple tiers of sublicensees.

  3. You represent that you are legally entitled to assign the rights and grant the license set forth in paragraph 2. If your employer(s) have rights to intellectual property that you create, you represent that you have received permission to make Your Contributions on behalf of that employer, or that your employer has waived such rights for Your Contributions to MuleSoft. You further represent that you understand that your participation in this project shall be disclosed to other participants in the project.

  4. You represent that, except as disclosed in Your Contributions submission(s), each of Your Contributions is your original creation. You represent that Your Contributions submission(s) include complete details of any license or other restriction (including, but not limited to, related patents and trademarks) associated with any part of Your Contribution(s) (including a copy of any applicable license agreement). You agree to notify MuleSoft of any facts or circumstances of which you become aware that would make your representations in this Agreement inaccurate in any respect.

  5. Your Contributions are provided AS IS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT). Similarly, the license back to Your Contributions are provided AS IS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT).

  6. IN NO EVENT SHALL MULESOFT BE LIABLE TO ANYONE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF THE USER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

  7. IN NO EVENT SHALL MULESOFT HAVE ANY LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR UNDER ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY.

  8. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and MuleSoft relating to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may not be amended except by written agreement between you and MuleSoft. If any term, covenant or condition of this Agreement shall for any reason be held unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the rest of this Agreement shall remain in full force and shall in no way be effected or impaired. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the United States of America and by the laws of the State of California, as such laws are applied to agreements entered into and to be performed entirely within California between California residents.

  9. You agree that in the performance of this Agreement, you are acting as an independent contractor and shall not be construed or deemed to be an employee, agent, partner, associate or joint venturer of MuleSoft within the application of any federal, state, city or local laws or regulations. Neither party has authority to assume or create any obligations or representations, express or implied, on behalf of or in the name of the other party.