\documentclass[10pt, english]{xorgdocs} \usepackage{enumerate} \usepackage{xspace} \newcommand\nd{\textsuperscript{nd}\xspace} \newcommand\rd{\textsuperscript{rd}\xspace} \newcommand\nth{\textsuperscript{th}\xspace} %\th is taken already \begin{document} \title{X.Org Individual Membership Agreement} \maketitle \date{} THIS AGREEMENT is between the X.Org Foundation L.L.C. of Apex Plaza, Forbury Road, Reading, Berkshire, U. K., a Limited Liability Company of Delaware, U.S.A. (hereinafter ``X.Org''), and You (hereinafter ``Member''). \textbf{WHEREAS} X.Org has been established to undertake the work described in the X.Org By-laws as specified in the document dated 17\nth September 2003 or as subsequently modified by the Board of X.Org; and \textbf{WHEREAS} the Member, being a individual who is in the business of developing, licensing, selling or using or otherwise proactively involved with X Window technology products, or undertaking research into windowing technologies desires to participate in X.Org; \textbf{NOW, Therefore, it is AGREED as follows:} \begin{enumerate}[(1)\hspace{.2cm}] \item The activities of X.Org that anyone is entitled to participate in are at least the following: \begin{enumerate}[(a)\hspace{.2cm}] \item Standards Development, \item X Window Source Code and CVS Tree Access, \item Defect Database Access, \item X.Org Open email lists and newsgroups, \item Attend Meetings of X.Org, and \item Participate on X.Org booth at Trade Shows. \end{enumerate} \item Upon acceptance of Membership in X.Org, the Member will also be entitled to participate in the following X.Org activities: \begin{enumerate}[(a)\hspace{.2cm}] \item Vote in the election of members for the Board, Architecture Group, or any other elected sub-group established by the Board, and \item Be elected to participate on the Board, Architecture Group, or any other sub-group of X.Org established by the Board, \item Host Meetings of X.Org, and \item Demonstrate Implementations on X.Org booth at Trade Shows. \end{enumerate} \item Member agrees that the right to remain a voting Member is subject to continued participation in and contribution to the activities of X.Org. At the time of annual renewal of membership, the Board, or other appointed authority, of X.Org may declare that the Member of X.Org is not participating or contributing to the activities of X.Org and refuse to allow the Member to renew his/her membership in X.Org. The Board of X.Org will, from time to time, determine the contribution criteria for membership or renewal of membership in X.Org. Examples of acceptable contributions include coding, bug-fixing, testing, design, documentation, translation, administration or maintenance of project-wide resources, giving X Window talks at conferences and community coordination such as the bugzilla or release management. Any activity, such as advocacy or submitting bug reports, must substantially exceed the level of contribution expected of an ordinary user or fan of the project to qualify an individual for membership in the Foundation. \item The Member agrees to comply with all the rights and obligations that apply to Membership of X.Org and to abide by the By-laws of X.Org as specified in the X.Org Bylaws, dated 17th September 2003 or as subsequently amended by the Board of X.Org (``X.Org Bylaws''). \item In exercising its rights under this Agreement the Member shall be subject to the following obligations in respect of information received through participation in X.Org, which requirements shall continue to be in force even after termination of the membership Agreement: \begin{enumerate}[(a)\hspace{.2cm}] \item All presentations, proposals, charts, specifications, data, programs, software, hardware or other intellectual property or material disclosed, distributed or otherwise made available to X.Org by Members in the course of any X.Org activities or discussions shall be deemed to be non-confidential. If it becomes necessary to exchange information considered by the disclosing party to be confidential, a written confidentiality agreement must be executed between the disclosing party and the receiving party. \item Member shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that Member has the right to contribute any intellectual property disclosed, distributed or otherwise made available to X.Org. \item All Members shall comply with all appropriate antitrust laws. Members agree not to exchange any information regarding the price of their products, the cost of their products or the terms and conditions under which they are sold. \item Where Member discovers a security issue relating to the implementation of the X Window technology, Member agrees to follow the then current X.Org security policy, and to use due care and attention to limit communication related to the issue to the other appropriate security personnel. \end{enumerate} \item All materials and other information (the ``Materials'') provided by the Member are provided ``as is'', without warranty or condition of any kind either express or implied including, but not limited to any implied condition of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. \item Except in the case of the death or injury of any person caused by either party's negligence, each party hereby excludes all liability, whether in contract, tort or otherwise for any loss or damage of any nature arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the use or non-use by any person of any Materials or other information provided by either party to the fullest extent permitted by law. In no event shall either party be liable for any indirect or consequential losses (including, without limitation, any loss of profits, contracts, production or use). \item If any provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or inapplicable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. \item This Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. \item This Agreement shall terminate on the earliest of the following: \begin{enumerate}[(a)\hspace{.2cm}] \item the expiration of 12 months from the date of acceptance or renewal of membership, \item the expiration of one month’s notice by the Board of X.Org for any action which is deemed to be in breach of the X.Org By-laws, or \item the expiration of one month's notice by the Member. \end{enumerate} \item This Agreement may be varied: \begin{enumerate}[(a)\hspace{.2cm}] \item any written modifications to the Agreement must have the approval of the quorum of the members in attendance at a special meeting as specified in the X.Org By-laws, and the approval of the Management Agent’s Legal Counsel; \item any written modifications to the X.Org By-laws must have the approval of the quorum of the members in attendance at a special meeting as specified in the X.Org By-laws, and the agreement from the Management Agent’s Legal Counsel that the modifications are legal. \end{enumerate} \end{enumerate} \end{document}