Participation Agreement ("Agreement")

In order to clarify the intellectual property rights associated with Your Submissions (as defined below), each Participant must accept the license terms below. This license is for Your protection as a participant in the Hackathon as well as the protection of Cloud Software Group, Inc. (“Cloud SG”) and its users. Please read this document carefully before accepting and keep a copy for Your records.

You accept and agree to the following terms and conditions for Your Submissions submitted to Cloud SG. Except for the license granted herein to Cloud SG and recipients of software distributed by Cloud SG that includes your Submissions, You reserve all right, title, and interest in and to Your Submissions.

1. Definitions.

"You" (or "Your") shall mean the copyright owner that is entering into this Agreement with Cloud SG.

"Submissions" shall mean any original work of authorship, including any modifications or additions to an existing work, that is submitted by You as an Entry (as the term is defined in the Hackathon Official Rules) to Cloud SG during the Hackathon.

“Hackathon” shall mean The 2025 Spotfire Energy Forum Hackathon sponsored by Cloud Software Group, Inc.

2. Grant of Copyright License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, You hereby grant to Cloud SG and to recipients of software distributed by Cloud SG a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense subject to a license of Cloud SG’s choosing, and distribute Your Submissions and such derivative works.  You agree not to assert any moral rights You may have in Your Submissions or derivative works thereof against Cloud SG or recipients of software distributed by Cloud SG. 

3. Grant of Patent License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, You hereby grant to Cloud SG and to recipients of software distributed by Cloud SG a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable (except as stated in this section) sublicensable patent license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise transfer and exploit the Submission, where such license applies only to those patent claims licensable by You that are necessarily infringed by Your Submission(s) alone or by combination of Your Submission(s) with the Submission to which such Submission(s) was submitted. If any entity institutes patent litigation against You or any other entity (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that Your Submission to which You have contributed, constitutes direct or contributory patent infringement, then any patent licenses granted to that entity under this Agreement for that Submission shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed.

4. You represent that You are legally entitled to grant the above licenses. If Your employer(s) has rights to intellectual property that You create that includes Your Submissions, You represent that You have received permission to make Submissions on behalf of that employer and that Your employer has waived such rights for Your Submissions to Cloud SG.

5. You represent that each of Your Submissions is Your original creation. You represent that Your Submissions include complete details of any third-party license or other restriction (including, but not limited to, related patents and trademarks) of which You are personally aware and which are associated with any part of Your Submissions.

6. You are not expected to provide support for Your Submissions, except to the extent You desire to provide support. You may provide support for free, for a fee, or not at all. Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, You provide Your Submissions 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. You agree to notify Cloud SG of any facts or circumstances of which You become aware that would make these representations inaccurate in any respect.