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Thank You for Your interest in The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (the "OEIS" as defined below) and the OEIS Foundation ("Foundation" as defined below). In order to enable the Foundation to continue its work to improve and enhance the OEIS and to clarify its and Your rights in the intellectual property licenses granted with the Contributions made by You or any entity on whose behalf You are acting, the Foundation requires Your agreement to the license terms contained in this Contributor's License Agreement ("CLA").

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You will be accepting and agreeing to the following terms and conditions for Your past, present and future Contributions submitted to the Foundation or the OEIS or its predecessors. In return, the Foundation shall, in its sole discretion, use Your Contributions for the public benefit and the advancement of Mathematics and Science, and shall not use Your Contributions in a way that is contrary to the public benefit or otherwise inconsistent with its nonprofit status and bylaws in effect at the time of the Contribution.

Submission of Your Contribution to the OEIS and/or clicking on "I Accept" in the Terms of Service on the OEIS Foundation website shall signify Your acceptance of these terms and conditions. Please read this document carefully and keep a copy for Your records.

Section 1. Definitions

  1. "Adaptation" means work based upon the OEIS, including, but not limited to, translations, modifications, derivative works and other alterations of the OEIS. Adaptations include any form in which the OEIS or portions thereof may be recast, transformed, or adapted including any form recognizably derived from the OEIS.
  2. "Contribution" shall mean any past, present or future original work of authorship, including any modifications or additions to an existing work, that is intentionally submitted by You to the Foundation, or has been previously submitted by You to the Foundation or any predecessor version of the OEIS, for inclusion in, the OEIS. For the purposes of this definition, "submitted" means any form of electronic, verbal, or written communication sent to the Foundation or its representatives, the founders, directors or managers of either the OEIS or the Foundation, including but not limited to communication on electronic mailing lists, the OEIS submission pages or other pages are managed by, or on behalf of, the Foundation for the purpose of adding material to or otherwise enhancing or improving the OEIS, but not including communication that is conspicuously marked or otherwise designated in writing by You as "Not a Contribution."
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  4. "OEIS" shall mean the collection, maintained by the Foundation, of integer number sequences, together with comments, references, descriptions, examples, formulas, programs, illustrations, discussions and other related auxiliary material.
  5. "The OEIS End-User License Agreement" (or "OEIS EULA") shall mean the latest version of the license, maintained by the Foundation on the OEIS website and under which the Foundation grants copyright, patent, and other intellectual property rights with respect to the OEIS to third parties.
  6. "OEIS User" shall mean those third parties licensed under the OEIS EULA.
  7. "You" (or "Your") shall mean the copyright owner or legal entity authorized by the copyright owner that is agreeing to this CLA with the Foundation. For legal entities, the entity making a Contribution and all other entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common control with that entity are considered to be a single Contributor. For the purposes of this definition, "control" means (i) the power, direct or indirect, to cause the direction or management of such entity, whether by contract or otherwise, or (ii) ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding shares, or (iii) beneficial ownership of such entity.

Section 2. Grant of Rights

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  3. Except with respect to the rights expressly granted in this CLA, no other license, immunity, ownership interest, or other right is granted under this CLA, either directly or by implication, estoppel, or otherwise. You shall retain ownership of all intellectual property contained within Your Contributions and for which You have granted rights, to the Foundation and to OEIS End Users, under this section 2.
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Section 3. Representations and Warranties

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Section 4. Miscellaneous

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  4. The headings of the sections are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this CLA.
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