Oracle Contributor Agreement

About the agreement

Following the lead of other open source projects, the OpenSolaris project requires contributors to jointly assign their copyright on contributed code. The Oracle Contributor Agreement (OCA) gives Oracle and the contributor joint copyright interests in the code: the contributor retains copyrights while also granting those rights to Oracle as the open source project sponsor.

The OCA does not change the rights or responsibilities of the OpenSolaris community under the Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL). By executing the OCA, contributors protect the OpenSolaris code base, enable alternative licensing models, and protect the flexibility to adapt the project to the changing demands of the community. In order for the OCA to be effective, the OpenSolaris project must obtain an assignment for all contributions. Please review the OCA for a complete understanding of its terms and conditions. By contributing source code or other material to OpenSolaris you represent that you have a OCA with Oracle for such contributions. If this representation is not true, you hereby license your contributions as Materials under the OpenSolaris Terms of Use.

Instructions for submitting the agreement

• Register on opensolaris.org (required because you must specify your account username on the agreement).
• Download and print out the Oracle Contributor Agreement.
• Fill out the agreement:
  • Be sure to write legibly.
  • For "Project name (or project website):", specify both:
    • opensolaris.org website AND 
    • name of the project on which you plan to work.
• Sign the agreement.
• Send the signed agreement to Oracle as a digital  by doing the following:
  • Scan or photograph your signed agreement.  NOTE: Your scan or photograph must be of the complete page and at least 3 megapixels/180 dpi. 
  • Email the signed agreement to oracle-ca_us AT oracle DOT com. 
  • Make the Subject line: Solaris OCA

Confirmation of your submission

• You will receive confirmation that your agreement has been received. That confirmation will include a reference number. This reference number will be entered into your opensolaris.org account. 
• Please provide this reference number when making contributions to the project you are working on.

Questions

• See the FAQ here.
• If you have additional questions, please send email to website-admin AT opensolaris DOT org.