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SahanaCamp NYCPartnerships with the Sahana Software Foundation

May 23, 2012

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Our Vision is to build and sustain a global open and collaborative community of contributors to information and communications technologies for disaster management. To this end, we support:

Google Summer of Codetm / Google Code-Intm

Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) / GWOB Hackathons

Grace Hopper Celebration Open Source Day and Codeathon

H-FOSS Project & ISCRAM Partnership

SahanaCamps

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Getting Involved withthe Sahana Community

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Unique Development Model:Virtuous Circle of Contributions

Branch for Org B

Branch for Org A

TRUNK

Traditional Open Source Development Model

Can result in multiple branches, each needing support and expertise to maintain

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Unique Development Model:Virtuous Circle of Contributions

TRUNK

Sahana Open Source Development Model:

Features & fixes developed by one organization are available to all future Sahana users

Enabled by Sahana Software Foundation s 501(c)(3) 'status & supported by Software Grant Agreements & :Contributor License Agreements

Org B Branch

Org A Branch

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Licensing

Sahana Eden – MIT license

Sahana Agasti – LGPL license

Contributor License Agreement

Software Grant Agreement

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MIT LicenseThe MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) year copyright holders< > < >Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the Software ), to deal in the Software " "without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS , WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS " "OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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LGPL version 2.1Used by Sahana Agasti projects

http //www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html:Major elements:

Requires source code to be distributed along with the license

Gives permission to use, modify, redistribute under same terms

Allows software to be linked to non-open source licensed software without restriction.

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Contributor License Agreements

Clearly defines the terms under which intellectual property has been contributed to the SSF

Provides a perpetual non-exclusive grant of copyright and patent license by the contributor to SSF

Serves to protect everyone s rights and ensures SSF can legally and 'publicly redistribute Sahana code.

SSF requires CLAs from Directors, Members, PMC Members and anyone wishing to contribute code to SSF enforced by PMCs.;For a corporation that has assigned employees to work on a Sahana Software Foundation project, a Corporate CLA is available for contributing intellectual property.

A Corporate CLA does not remove the need for every developer to sign their own CLA as an individual, to cover any of their contributions which are not owned by the corporation.

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Software Grant Agreement

Used when an individual or corporation decides to donate a body of existing software or documentation to an SSF project.

Grants SSF a non-exclusive copyright and patent license to the software.

Vehicle for organization s to contribute back 'enhancements they make to SSF, completing the “Virtuous Circle of Contributions.”

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Software Grant Agreement Template

This License Agreement is entered into as of the XX day of MONTH, YEAR by (NAME OF LICENSOR (“Licensor”), in favor of The Sahana Software Foundation, a California nonprofit membership corporation (the “Foundation”).

WHEREAS, Licensor owns or has sufficient rights to contribute the software source code and other related intellectual property as itemized on Exhibit A (“Software”) under the terms of this agreement to the Foundation for use within Foundation software development projects (“Projects”).

NOW, THEREFORE, FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, the receipt and legal sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows :1. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, Licensor hereby grants to the Foundation :a) a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, distribute and sublicense, internally and externally, the Software and such derivative works, in source code and object code form and, ;b) a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable patent license under Licensed Patents to make, use, sell, offer to sell, import and otherwise transfer the Software in source code and object code form. “Licensed Patents” mean patent claims owned by Licensor which are necessarily infringed by the use or sale of the Software alone.

2. Licensor represents that, to Licensor s knowledge, Licensor is legally entitled to grant the above license. Licensor agrees to notify 'the Foundation of any facts or circumstances of which Licensor becomes aware and which makes or would make Licensor s 'representations in this License Agreement inaccurate in any respect.

3. This Software is provided AS-IS, 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. NEITHER THE LICENSOR NOR ITS SUPPLIERS WILL BE LIABLE TO THE FOUNDATION OR ITS LICENSEES FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST PROFITS), HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE WORK OR THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS GRANTED HEREUNDER, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

This License Agreement is the entire agreement of the parties with respect to its subject matter, and may only be amended by a writing signed by each party. This License Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be considered an original.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Licensor has executed this License Agreement as of the date first written above.

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Community Resources

Mailing Lists :http //wiki.sahanafoundation.org/doku.php/community mailing lists: : _

General Sahana Discussion List :discuss@lists.sahanafoundation.org

Developer Lists:Eden : sahana-eden@googlegroups.com

Agasti : agasti@lists.sahanafoundation.org

Wiki (contains technical and user documentation):Main SSF wiki : http //wiki.sahanafoundation.org:Eden wiki : http //eden.sahanafoundation.org:

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Community Resources

IRC (Internet Relay Chat): http //wiki.sahanafoundation.org/doku.php/community chat: :

sahana, sahana-meeting# #sahana-agasti, sahana-eden# #

Webchat : http //webchat.freenode.net:

Community Meetings – held Monthly:http //wiki.sahanafoundation.org/doku.php/community meeting: :

Community Call – 2nd Sunday @ 1600 UTC & 2nd Tuesday @ 0300 UTC

Sahana Eden – first Wednesday @ 2130 UTC

Sahana Agasti – third Tuesday @ 1600 UTC