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## Contributor License Agreement (ICLA)

All contributions to Apache Ossie are made under the [Apache License 2.0](LICENSE).
By submitting a pull request or patch, you agree that your contribution is licensed
under those terms (see Section 5 of the license).

Before your first non-trivial contribution can be merged, and always before you are
granted commit access, you must have an
[Individual Contributor License Agreement (ICLA)](https://www.apache.org/licenses/contributor-agreements.html#clas)
on file with the ASF. If you are contributing on behalf of your employer, a
**No CLA is required to contribute.** All contributions to Apache Ossie are made under
the [Apache License 2.0](LICENSE). By submitting a pull request or patch, you agree that
your contribution is licensed under those terms (see Section 5 of the license). You can
open issues, submit pull requests, and participate in discussions without signing
anything.

An [Individual Contributor License Agreement (ICLA)](https://www.apache.org/licenses/contributor-agreements.html#clas)
is only required once you are elected as a committer: the ICLA must be on file with the
ASF before your Apache account and commit access are set up. A
[Corporate CLA (CCLA)](https://www.apache.org/licenses/contributor-agreements.html#clas)
may also be required. Please keep individual commits signed off and attributed to
the correct author so that provenance is clear.
is likewise not required for contributions, and is only relevant for committers
contributing on behalf of their employer.

Please keep individual commits attributed to the correct author so that provenance is
clear.

## AI-Assisted Contributions

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