# Zedis Contributor License Agreement (CLA)

Thank you for your interest in contributing to Zedis! To protect the project, our users, and you as a contributor, we require a simple Contributor License Agreement (CLA). 

This agreement clarifies the intellectual property rights of your contributions, ensuring that Zedis can be safely distributed and maintained in the future under its open-source license.

## 🇬🇧 English

By contributing to Zedis, you agree to the following terms:

1. **You Retain Copyright:** You retain full ownership and copyright of your original contributions. This agreement does not take away your right to use your own code elsewhere.
2. **License Grant:** You grant the Zedis project a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable right and license to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, and distribute your contributions under the project's current open-source license (e.g., Apache License 2.0).
3. **Original Work:** You declare that your contribution is your original creation and that you have the legal right to grant this license. If your employer holds the rights to your code, you confirm you have their permission to contribute it.

*By checking the CLA box in the Pull Request template, you officially indicate your acceptance of these terms.*

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## 🇨🇳 中文

感谢你为 Zedis 贡献代码！为了保护项目、广大用户以及作为贡献者的你，我们需要你同意这份简明的贡献者许可协议。

本协议明确了你所贡献代码的知识产权归属，确保 Zedis 未来能够在当前的开源协议下被安全地分发和维护。

通过向 Zedis 提交贡献，即表示你同意以下条款：

1. **保留版权 (You Retain Copyright)：** 你依然保留你原创贡献的完整所有权和版权。本协议不会剥夺你在其他地方使用你自己代码的权利。
2. **开源授权 (License Grant)：** 你授予 Zedis 项目一项永久的、全球性的、非独占的、免费的、免版税的、不可撤销的权利和许可，以在项目当前的开源许可证（如 Apache License 2.0）下使用、复制、修改、合并、出版和分发你的贡献。
3. **原创声明 (Original Work)：** 你声明你的贡献完全是你的原创作品，并且你拥有合法的权利来授予此许可。如果你的雇主拥有你所写代码的知识产权，你确认已获得他们的明确许可来进行贡献。

*当你在 Pull Request 模板中勾选 CLA 确认框时，即代表你已接受上述条款。*