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notices contained within the Program.Each Contributor must identify itself as the originator of its Contribution, if any, in a manner
that reasonably allows subsequent Recipients to identify the originator of the Contribution.
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• Commercial distributors of software may accept certain responsibilities with respect to end users, business partners and the like.
While this licensesis intended to facilitate the commercial use of the Program, the Contributor who includes the Program in a
commercial product offering should do so in a manner which does not create potential liability for other Contributors. Therefore, if
a Contributor includes the Program in a commercial product offering, such Contributor ("Commercial Contributor") hereby agrees
to defend and indemnify every other Contributor ("Indemnified Contributor") against any losses, damages and costs (collectively
"Losses") arising from claims, lawsuits and other legal actions brought by a third party against the Indemnified Contributor to the
extent caused by the acts or omissions of such Commercial Contributor in connection with its distribution of the Program in a
commercial product offering. The obligations in this section do not apply to any claims or Losses relating to any actual or alleged
intellectual property infringement. In order to qualify, an Indemnified Contributor must: a) promptly notify the Commercial
Contributor in writing of such claim, and b) allow the Commercial Contributor to control, and cooperate with the Commercial
Contributor in, the defense and any related settlement negotiations. The Indemnified Contributor may participate in any such claim
at its own expense.
• For example, a Contributor might include the Program in a commercial product offering, Product X. That Contributor is then a
Commercial Contributor. If that Commercial Contributor then makes performance claims, or offers warranties related to Product
X, those performance claims and warranties are such Commercial Contributor's responsibility alone. Under this section, the
Commercial Contributor would have to defend claims against the other Contributors related to those performance claims and
warranties, and if a court requires any other Contributor to pay any damages as a result, the Commercial Contributor must pay
those damages.
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program errors, compliance with applicable laws, damage to or loss of data, programs or equipment, and unavailability or
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the minimum extent necessary to make such provision valid and enforceable.
• If Recipient institutes patent litigation against any entity (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that the
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such Recipient's rights granted under Section 2(b) shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed.
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reasonably practicable. However, Recipient's obligations under this Agreement and any licenses granted by Recipient relating to
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as the Agreement Steward to a suitable separate entity. Each new version of the Agreement will be given a distinguishing version
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was received. In addition, after a new version of the Agreement is published, Contributor may elect to distribute the Program
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