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# NETfishing contributor terms
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NETfishing does not accept unsolicited contributions. These terms are retained
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as the governing record for contributions previously accepted after their
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publication and for specific future work that both Owners expressly invite in
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writing before submission. They are not a request or standing invitation for
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patches, pull requests, assets, or other material.
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These terms do not retroactively change ownership of earlier work or replace a
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separately signed agreement.
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“Owners” means the two NETfishing co-owners who publish the Project as
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Woofmeow and are publicly credited as Voyager and Endeavour. “Project” means
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the official NETfishing game, its servers, tools, documentation, websites,
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ports, updates, and promotional materials.
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## 1. Your ownership and authority
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You retain copyright in your original contribution. By submitting it, you
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represent that:
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- you created it or otherwise have authority to grant these permissions;
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- its submission does not knowingly violate another party’s copyright,
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patent, trademark, privacy, contract, or other rights;
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- you have disclosed relevant third-party material and license terms; and
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- if an employer or another organization controls the contribution, you have
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obtained its permission before submitting.
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Do not submit confidential information, unlawfully obtained material, or
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content whose origin and permitted use cannot be documented.
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## 2. Code contributions
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You license an accepted software-code contribution under the GNU General
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Public License, version 3 or, at the recipient’s option, any later version
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(GPL-3.0-or-later).
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You also grant each recipient a perpetual, worldwide, nonexclusive,
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royalty-free patent license under patent claims you can license that are
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necessarily infringed by your contribution alone or by its combination with
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the Project as submitted. This patent license does not cover later
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combinations that are unrelated to your submitted contribution.
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## 3. Asset, writing, and documentation contributions
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For an accepted contribution consisting of artwork, models, animation, audio,
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music, writing, level content, branding material, or other non-code creative
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work, you grant the Owners a perpetual, worldwide, nonexclusive,
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royalty-free, transferable, and sublicensable license to:
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- use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, and create derivative works;
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- distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, and make
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available the contribution;
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- include it in free and commercial Project releases, ports, updates,
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merchandise, marketing, and archival materials; and
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- license it to Project users under `ASSET-LICENSE.md` or a later Project asset
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license jointly approved by the Owners.
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This grant is limited to NETfishing, its promotion, and official successor or
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derived NETfishing products. It does not transfer your copyright or authorize
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the Owners to sell your contribution as an unrelated standalone asset.
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## 4. Documentation accompanying code
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Documentation submitted as an ordinary part of a code contribution may be
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distributed under GPL-3.0-or-later with that code. Project credits and
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provenance records may be reproduced in any medium needed to document the
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Project and its releases.
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## 5. Attribution
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Provide the name or pseudonym you want used for credit. The Owners will make a
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reasonable effort to preserve material attribution, subject to formatting,
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privacy, platform, and practical limitations.
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Attribution does not imply that a contributor endorses every Project change
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or release.
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## 6. No automatic ownership, employment, or payment
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Submitting a contribution does not provide ownership of NETfishing, create an
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employment, agency, partnership, or fiduciary relationship, or create a right
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to compensation. Any payment, ownership, or employment arrangement requires a
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separate written agreement signed by the appropriate parties.
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## 7. Acceptance
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A contribution is not accepted merely because it was posted, uploaded, linked,
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emailed, or discussed. Unsolicited material will not be reviewed or accepted.
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The Owners or their authorized maintainers may modify, decline, or later
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remove previously accepted or expressly invited work.
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For work expressly invited in writing, intentionally delivering the requested
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material for Project inclusion after receiving notice of these terms records
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agreement to the applicable grants above. Maintainers must retain both the
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written invitation and the contributor's affirmative agreement in a durable
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Project record.
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Do not send unsolicited work. An owner invitation may instead specify a
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separate written arrangement signed by the appropriate parties.
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