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+Contributing to React LogViewer: Terms and Conditions
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+Do you want to contribute your work to React LogViewer? Well, then first and most important: **THANK YOU!** 
+
+
+Now, in order to accept your contribution, there are some terms you must expressly agree with, so please
+read them carefully. They might look a bit cumbersome, but they are here just in order to protect 
+you, your contribution, and especially the project's future.
+
+**Important**: submitting any contributions to the React LogViewer project implies your **full acceptance of these terms**,
+including the *"React LogViewer Individual Contributor License Agreement"* detailed at the end. 
+
+Who can contribute?
+-------------------
+
+Anyone, with the unique condition that he/she must be a **private individual**, acting in 
+his/her own name, and not being endorsed in their contributed work by any company or government.
+
+Note that this condition will not only refer to the ownership of the effort invested in contributing 
+to the project, but also to the fact that *no private or public company will be mentioned as a a part 
+of your contribution on the project's website or code*, including but not limited to web/email addresses 
+or package names.
+
+
+What is the first step to be taken?
+-----------------------------------
+
+First of all, open a new issue about 
+your ideas: new features, fixes, documentation... whatever you would like to contribute to the project. Let we 
+discuss the possibilities with you so that we make sure your contribution goes in the right direction and aligns 
+with the project's standards, intentions and roadmap. 
+
+
+
+How will your relation with the React LogViewer project be?
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+
+Your contributions will have the form of GitHub *pull requests*. Note that contributors do not 
+have read+write (or *pull+push*) access to the project repositories, only project *members* do. 
+
+Also, please understand that *not all pull requests will be accepted and merged into the project's 
+repositories*. Talking about your planned contributions with the project members before creating pull requests
+will maximize the possibilities of your contributions being accepted.
+
+About the code you contribute
+-----------------------------
+
+### General guidelines:
+
+  - Obviously, **your code must both compile and work correctly**. Also, the addition of any new patches to the 
+    codebase should not render it unstable in any way.
+  - All your code should be easy to read and understand by a human.
+  - There should be no compilation warnings at all.
+  - Checkstyle must pass without errors or warnings. Currently this is embedded into the maven build.
+
+### Detailed code quality standards:
+
+  - All your code should compile and run in **Node 16.x or higher**.
+  - All comments, names of classes and variables, log messages, etc. must be **in English**.
+
+
+
+About the documentation/articles you contribute
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+Note the following only applies to documentation/articles meant to be published at the React LogViewer website.
+
+  - All documentation artifacts, including articles, must be written **in correct English**.
+  - Your name and email will be displayed as *"author"* of any documentation artifacts you create.
+  - Topic and text structure must be first discussed and agreed upon with the project members.
+  - Project members may edit and make small changes to your texts --of which you will be informed-- before 
+    publishing them.
+  - Format and visual styles must adhere to the React LogViewer website standards, of which you will be informed
+    by the project members.
+
+
+
+Pay special attention to this
+-----------------------------
+
+All React LogViewer software is distributed under the **MIT** open source license, and your contributions
+will be licensed in the same way.
+
+If you work for a company which, by the way or place in which your code was written, by your contract terms 
+or by the laws in your country, could claim any rights (including but not limited to intellectual or industrial 
+property) over your contributed code, you will have to send the project members (either by email from your 
+authorised superiors or by signed fax), a statement indicating that your company agrees with the terms 
+explained in this page, and that it both authorises your contribution to React LogViewer and states that will 
+never claim any kind of rights over it.
+
+
+
+React LogViewer Individual Contributor License Agreement
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+This contributor agreement ("Agreement") documents the rights granted by contributors to the React LogViewer Project. 
+
+This is a legally binding document, so please read it carefully before agreeing to it. The Agreement
+may cover more than one software project managed by React LogViewer.
+
+### 1. Definitions
+
+  * _"React LogViewer"_ means the "React LogViewer Project organization and members".
+  * _"You"_ means the individual who submits a Contribution to React LogViewer.
+  * _"Contribution"_ means any work of authorship that is submitted by you to React LogViewer in which you own
+    or assert ownership of the Copyright.
+  * _"Copyright"_ means all rights protecting works of authorship owned or controlled by you,
+    including copyright, moral and neighboring rights, as appropriate, for the full term of their
+    existence including any extensions by you.
+  * _"Material"_ means the work of authorship which is made available by React LogViewer to third parties. When
+    this Agreement covers more than one software project, the Material means the work of authorship
+    to which the Contribution was submitted. After you submit the Contribution, it may be included
+    in the Material.
+  * _"Submit"_ means any form of electronic, verbal, or written communication sent to React LogViewer or its
+    representatives, including but not limited to electronic mailing lists, source code control systems,
+    and issue tracking systems that are managed by, or on behalf of, React LogViewer for the purpose of discussing
+    and improving the Material, but excluding communication that is conspicuously marked or
+    otherwise designated in writing by you as _"Not a Contribution."
+  * _"Submission Date"_ means the date on which you submit a Contribution to React LogViewer.
+  * _"Effective Date"_ means the date you execute this agreement or the date You first submit a
+    Contribution to React LogViewer, whichever is earlier.
+
+### 2. Grant of Rights
+
+#### 2.1. Copyright License
+
+    (a) You retain ownership of the copyright in your Contribution and have the same rights to use or
+        license the Contribution which you would have had without entering into the agreement.
+    (b) To the maximum extent permitted by the relevant law, you grant to React LogViewer a perpetual, worldwide,
+        non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, irrevocable license under the copyright covering the
+        Contribution, with the right to sublicense such rights through multiple tiers of sublicensees, to
+        reproduce, modify, display, perform and distribute the Contribution as part of the Material; provided
+        that this license is conditioned upon compliance with Section 2.3.
+
+#### 2.2 Patent License
+
+For patent claims including, without limitation, method, process, and apparatus claims which you
+own, control or have the right to grant, now or in the future, you grant to React LogViewer a perpetual, worldwide,
+non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, irrevocable patent license, with the right to sublicense these
+rights to multiple tiers of sublicensees, to make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale, import and
+otherwise transfer the Contribution and the Contribution in combination with the Material (and
+portions of such combination). This license is granted only to the extent that the exercise of the
+licensed rights infringes such patent claims; and provided that this license is conditioned upon
+compliance with Section 2.3.
+
+
+#### 2.3 Outbound License
+
+As a condition on the grant of rights in Sections 2.1 and 2.2, React LogViewer agrees to license the Contribution only
+under the terms of the MIT License (including any right to adopt any future version of this license if 
+permitted).
+
+
+#### 2.4 Moral Rights 
+
+If moral rights apply to the Contribution, to the maximum extent permitted by law, you waive and agree not 
+to assert such moral rights against React LogViewer or its successors in interest, or any of our licensees, either 
+direct or indirect.
+
+
+#### 2.5 React LogViewer Rights 
+
+You acknowledge that React LogViewer is not obligated to use your Contribution as part of the
+Material and may decide to include any Contributions React LogViewer considers appropriate.
+
+#### 2.6 Reservation of Rights
+
+Any rights not expressly assigned or licensed under this section are expressly reserved by you.
+
+
+
+### 3. Agreement
+
+You confirm that:
+
+    (a) You have the legal authority to enter into this Agreement.
+    (b) You own the Copyright and patent claims covering the Contribution which are required to grant
+        the rights under Section 2.
+    (c) The grant of rights under Section 2 does not violate any grant of rights which you have made to
+        third parties, including your employer. If you are an employee, you have had your employer approve
+        this Agreement. If you are less than eighteen years old, please have your parents or guardian 
+        sign the Agreement.
+
+
+
+### 4. Disclaimer
+
+EXCEPT FOR THE EXPRESS WARRANTIES IN SECTION 3, THE CONTRIBUTION IS PROVIDED "AS IS". MORE PARTICULARLY, 
+ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED BY YOU TO React LogViewer AND BY
+React LogViewer TO YOU. TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY SUCH WARRANTIES CANNOT BE DISCLAIMED, SUCH WARRANTY IS LIMITED IN 
+DURATION TO THE MINIMUM PERIOD PERMITTED BY LAW.
+
+
+
+### 5. Consequential Damage Waiver
+
+TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL YOU OR React LogViewer BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF 
+PROFITS, LOSS OF ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF DATA, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL AND EXEMPLARY
+DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY (CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) 
+UPON WHICH THE CLAIM IS BASED.
+
+
+
+### 6. Miscellaneous
+
+    6.1 This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Spain excluding its
+        conflicts of law provisions. Under certain circumstances, the governing law in this section might be
+        superseded by the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods ("UN
+        Convention") and the parties intend to avoid the application of the UN Convention to this Agreement
+        and, thus, exclude the application of the UN Convention in its entirety to this Agreement.
+    6.2 This Agreement sets out the entire agreement between you and React LogViewer for your Contributions to
+        React LogViewer and overrides all other agreements or understandings.
+    6.3 If You or React LogViewer assign the rights or obligations received through this Agreement to a third party, 
+        as a condition of the assignment, that third party must agree in writing to abide by all the rights and
+        obligations in the Agreement.
+    6.4 The failure of either party to require performance by the other party of any provision of this
+        Agreement in one situation shall not affect the right of a party to require such performance at any time
+        in the future. A waiver of performance under a provision in one situation shall not be considered a
+        waiver of the performance of the provision in the future or a waiver of the provision in its entirety.
+    6.5 If any provision of this Agreement is found void and unenforceable, such provision will be
+        replaced to the extent possible with a provision that comes closest to the meaning of the original
+        provision and which is enforceable. The terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement shall apply
+        notwithstanding any failure of essential purpose of this Agreement or any limited remedy to the
+        maximum extent possible under law.