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* Rename all GitHub links from thepracticaldev/dev.to to forem/forem * Use new site name * Rename to Forem * Rename more dev.to to forem * Remove unnecessary redirects * Rename DEV to Forem * Use Forem instead of DEV for branding * Use Forem instead of DEV for licensing * Use seedling instead of DEV logo
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title: Licensing
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# Licensing
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This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free
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Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
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later version. Please see the
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[LICENSE](https://github.com/forem/forem/blob/master/LICENSE.md) file in our
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repository for the full text.
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Like many open source projects, we require that contributors provide us with a
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Contributor License Agreement (CLA). By submitting code to the Forem/DEV
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project, you are granting us a right to use that code under the terms of the
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CLA.
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Our version of the CLA was adapted from the Microsoft Contributor License
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Agreement, which they generously made available to the public domain under
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Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
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## Where can I learn more about the AGPL-3 license?
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Please refer to the official
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“[Why the Affero GPL](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-affero-gpl.html)” and the
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[FAQ page](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html) on
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[GNU.org](https://www.gnu.org) for full details regarding this license.
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## Why does Forem have a CLA?
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The Contributor License Agreement (CLA) is a legal document in which you state
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that you are entitled to contribute your code to the DEV codebase, and are
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willing to have it used in distributions and derivative work.
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The CLA helps provide confidence to future users that they will be allowed to
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use the DEV codebase without fear that a contributor will try to withdraw
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permissions at a later date.
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## Am I giving away the copyright of my contributions?
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No. You are granting Forem a license to use and distribute your contribution
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without further restriction, not assigning the copyright.
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## What if I have other questions?
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Please check out our main repository or send an email to
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[yo@dev.to](mailto:yo@dev.to).
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