Bedrock Voice Chat Contributor License Agreement (CLA)

Version 1.0 – February 2026

Thank you for your interest in contributing to Bedrock Voice Chat (the "Project"). This Contributor License Agreement ("Agreement") clarifies the intellectual property rights in your contributions to the Project.

By submitting a contribution, you accept and agree to the following terms and conditions. You retain ownership of your contributions, but you grant us certain rights as described below.

1. Definitions

"You" means the individual or legal entity submitting a Contribution. "Contribution" means any original work of authorship, including any modifications or additions to existing work, that you submit to the Project. "Submit" means any form of electronic, verbal, or written communication sent to the Project, including but not limited to pull requests, issues, patches, emails, or commits. "Project Maintainer" means Charles R. Portwood II and any successors or assigns.

2. Grant of Copyright License

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, You grant to the Project Maintainer and to recipients of software distributed by the Project Maintainer a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to:

Reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, and distribute Your Contributions and such derivative works Sublicense Your Contributions under the Clear Horizon Path License (CHPL) or any other license terms, including proprietary commercial licenses

This license allows the Project Maintainer to:

• Offer commercial licenses for app store distribution
• Offer commercial licenses for managed services and enterprise use
• Relicense Contributions under BSD-3-Clause pursuant to CHPL's sunset clause
• Include Contributions in future versions under any licensing terms

3. Grant of Patent License

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, You grant to the Project Maintainer and to recipients of software distributed by the Project Maintainer a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable (except as stated in this section) patent license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise transfer Your Contributions, where such license applies only to those patent claims licensable by You that are necessarily infringed by Your Contribution(s) alone or by combination of Your Contribution(s) with the Project.

If any entity institutes patent litigation against You or any other entity (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that Your Contribution constitutes direct or contributory patent infringement, then any patent licenses granted to that entity under this Agreement for that Contribution shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed.

4. Copyright and Ownership

You represent that:

• You are the copyright owner of Your Contributions, or You have sufficient rights from the copyright owner to make the grants in this Agreement.
• Your Contributions are Your original creation and do not violate any third party's intellectual property rights.
• Your Contribution submissions include complete details of any third-party license or other restriction of which You are aware.

You retain ownership and copyright in Your Contributions. Nothing in this Agreement transfers copyright ownership to the Project Maintainer.

5. Acceptance of License + CLA Terms

You acknowledge that:

• You have read and understand the terms under which the project is licensed in LICENSE.md
• You agree that Your Contributions will be licensed under the terms outlined in LICENSE.md, including its sunset clause (Section 3), which automatically relicenses stable major versions to BSD-3-Clause after three years, and future relicensing.
• You consent to the Project Maintainer's right to offer separate commercial licenses for the Software, including Your Contributions.

6. Disclaimer and Warranty

You provide Your Contributions on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied, including, without limitation, any warranties or conditions of TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

7. Notification of Changes

You agree to notify the Project Maintainer if You become aware of any facts or circumstances that would make these representations inaccurate in any respect.

8. Governing Law

This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of The United States of America, consistent with the governing law provision in CHPL.

9. Entire Agreement

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between You and the Project Maintainer concerning Your Contributions and supersedes all prior agreements or understandings.

How to Sign This CLA

For Individual Contributors

By submitting a Contribution with a Signed-off-by: line in your commit, you certify that you have read, understood, and agree to this CLA:

git commit -s -m "Your commit message"

Your Signed-off-by line should be in this format:

Signed-off-by: Your Name <your.email@example.com>

This certifies that:

• You have the right to submit the Contribution under this CLA
• You grant the licenses described above
• You agree to all terms of this Agreement

For Corporate Contributors

If You are contributing on behalf of a corporation, the corporation must sign a separate Corporate CLA. Please contact the Project Maintainer in a Github discussion to request a Corporate CLA.

Questions?

If you have questions about this CLA, please:

Open a discussion at https://github.com/Alaydriem/bedrock-voice-chat/discussions Review the Project's license at https://github.com/Alaydriem/bedrock-voice-chat/blob/master/LICENSE.md

By making a Contribution with a Signed-off-by line, you indicate your acceptance of this CLA.