Project: Redpanda (App Definition and Development / Streaming & Messaging)
File: rcl.md

Redpanda Community License Agreement Please read this Redpanda Community License Agreement (the Agreement) carefully before using Redpanda (as defined below), which is offered by Redpanda Data, Inc. or its affiliated Legal Entities (Redpanda Data). By downloading Redpanda or using it in any manner, You agree that You have read and agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. If You are accessing Redpanda on behalf of a Legal Entity, You represent and warrant that You have the authority to agree to these terms on its behalf and the right to bind that Legal Entity to this Agreement. Use of Redpanda is expressly conditioned upon Your assent to all the terms of this Agreement, to the exclusion of all other terms. <span class="smallcaps">Definitions</span>. In addition to other terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, the terms below have the following meanings. (a) Redpanda shall mean the event streaming platform provided by Redpanda Data, including both Redpanda Core and Redpanda Enterprise Edition, as defined below. (b) Redpanda Core shall mean the version of Redpanda, available free of charge at https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda. (c) Redpanda Enterprise Edition shall mean the additional features made available by Redpanda Data, the use of which is subject to additional terms set out below. (d) Contribution shall mean any work of authorship, including the original version of the Work and any modifications or additions to that Work or Derivative Works thereof, that is intentionally submitted Redpanda Data for inclusion in the Work by the copyright owner or by an individual or Legal Entity authorized to submit on behalf of the copyright owner. For the purposes of this definition, submitted means any form of electronic, verbal, or written communication sent to Redpanda Data or its representatives, including but not limited to communication on electronic mailing lists, source code control systems, and issue tracking systems that are managed by, or on behalf of, Redpanda Data for the purpose of discussing and improving the Work, but excluding communication that is conspicuously marked or otherwise designated in writing by the copyright owner as Not a Contribution. (e) Contributor shall mean any copyright owner or individual or Legal Entity authorized by the copyright owner, other than Redpanda Data, from whom Redpanda Data receives a Contribution that Redpanda Data subsequently incorporates within the Work. (f) Derivative Works shall mean any work, whether in Source or Object form, that is based on (or derived from) the Work, such as a translation, abridgement, condensation, or any other recasting, transformation, or adaptation for which the editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications represent, as a whole, an original work of authorship. For the purposes of this License, Derivative Works shall not include works that remain separable from, or merely link (or bind by name) to the interfaces of, the Work and Derivative Works thereof. (g) Legal Entity shall mean the union of the acting entity and all other entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common control with that

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