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Introduction
Disclaimers and Disclosures
FAQs
FAQs
Mutual Funds and ETFs
Insurance
Stocks
Foreign Investing
Tax
Miscellaneous
How To
How To
How to transfer shares from one demat account to another
How to move from one mutual fund platform to another
How to switch a Mutual Fund from Regular to Direct Plan
How to file SEBI SCORES complaint?
How to Update Nominee Details?
How to rematerialize mutual fund from demat form
How to Pay Advance Tax
STOCKS
Introduction to the Stocks Series
Can You Beat the Market?
Reading an Annual Report
Researching a Sector
Financial Metrics and Ratios
Using Screeners
Due-Diligence Checklist
Work in Progress
EXCEL
Excel for Fun and Profit
Reactive UI & Updates
Using External Data : Google Finance
Using External Data : Working with CSV Format
Quantifying Returns: CAGR and XIRR
BONDS
Bond Basics
Government Securities
Corporate Bonds
MISCELLANEOUS
Miscellaneous
US Investing
Recommended Reading
New to Investing
Zero to Investing
Investment Philosophy and Strategy
Insurance
All About Mutual Funds
Retirement
Personal Finance
Behavioral Biases
ELI5 Series
BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO INVESTING
Zero To Investing
Contributors Section
How Can I Start Contributing?
What is a Contributor License Agreement and why are we using it?
Contributor License Agreement
How to link FAQ via bot in Discord
Style Guides
Discord and Reddit
How to Search the Wiki From Discord
I'm unable to send messages to stocks-fundamentals channel on Discord. Why?
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What is a Contributor License Agreement and why are we using it?
The reasons why we're using a contributor license agreement, prominent examples of contributor license agreements being used, and a human readable summary.
A Contributor License Agreement explains the terms under which intellectual property, in any form or manner, is contributed to a company or a project.

Why do we require a Contributor License Agreement?

As we started getting contributions from various members of the India Investments community, we realized that we needed a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) to clarify the ownership details of the contributions being made. We cannot afford to have ambiguities about the ownership of the content being incorporated in our wiki, both for the sake of the contributors, and our wiki itself.
The presence of a CLA eliminates any ambiguities or uncertainties about ownership and allows both users and contributors to confidently use our wiki.

Examples of a CLA Being Used

A CLA is often used by software companies or projects but can be used by any kind of project which accepts contributions from a community. Here are some prominent examples of a CLA being used.

A Human Friendly Summary of our CLA

This is a human friendly summary of (and not a substitute for) the full CLA linked below. This section highlights only some of key terms of the CLA. It has no legal value and you should carefully review all the terms of the actual CLA.
  • grant of copyright license - you give India Investments permission and a non-exclusive copyright to use your work in any form or manner. This means that you retain the ownership and copyright over your contributions but we, India Investments, also retain a non-exclusive ownership and copyright over your contribution. Both parties may use the contribution as they see fit without any restrictions or requirements.
  • legal entitlement of contributions - you agree that you are legally entitled to grant us a copyright over your contributions
  • providing support - you are not expected to provide support for your contributions except to the extent you desire. The support provided shall be free or none at all.
Here's the actual legal CLA.
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