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+Contributor Agreement
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+---------------------
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+Individual Contributor Non-Exclusive License Agreement
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+------------------------------------------------------
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+including the Traditional Patent License OPTION
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+-----------------------------------------------
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+
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+Thank you for your interest in contributing to Espressif IoT Development
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+Framework (esp-idf) ("We" or "Us").
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+
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+The purpose of this contributor agreement ("Agreement") is to clarify
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+and document the rights granted by contributors to Us. To make this
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+document effective, please follow the instructions at
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+https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md.
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+
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+1. DEFINITIONS
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+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+
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+**"You"** means the Individual Copyright owner who submits a
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+Contribution to Us. If You are an employee and submit the Contribution
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+as part of your employment, You have had Your employer approve this
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+Agreement or sign the Entity version of this document.
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+
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+**"Contribution"** means any original work of authorship (software
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+and/or documentation) including any modifications or additions to an
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+existing work, Submitted by You to Us, in which You own the Copyright.
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+If You do not own the Copyright in the entire work of authorship, please
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+contact Us at angus@espressif.com.
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+
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+**"Copyright"** means all rights protecting works of authorship owned or
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+controlled by You, including copyright, moral and neighboring rights, as
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+appropriate, for the full term of their existence including any
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+extensions by You.
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+
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+**"Material"** means the software or documentation made available by Us
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+to third parties. When this Agreement covers more than one software
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+project, the Material means the software or documentation to which the
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+Contribution was Submitted. After You Submit the Contribution, it may be
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+included in the Material.
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+
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+**"Submit"** means any form of physical, electronic, or written
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+communication sent to Us, including but not limited to electronic
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+mailing lists, source code control systems, and issue tracking systems
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+that are managed by, or on behalf of, Us, but excluding communication
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+that is conspicuously marked or otherwise designated in writing by You
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+as "Not a Contribution."
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+
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+**"Submission Date"** means the date You Submit a Contribution to Us.
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+
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+**"Documentation"** means any non-software portion of a Contribution.
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+
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+2. LICENSE GRANT
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+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+
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+2.1 Copyright License to Us
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+
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+Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, You hereby grant
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+to Us a worldwide, royalty-free, NON-exclusive, perpetual and
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+irrevocable license, with the right to transfer an unlimited number of
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+non-exclusive licenses or to grant sublicenses to third parties, under
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+the Copyright covering the Contribution to use the Contribution by all
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+means, including, but not limited to:
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+
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+- to publish the Contribution,
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+- to modify the Contribution, to prepare derivative works based upon or
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+ containing the Contribution and to combine the Contribution with
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+ other software code,
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+- to reproduce the Contribution in original or modified form,
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+- to distribute, to make the Contribution available to the public,
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+ display and publicly perform the Contribution in original or modified
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+ form.
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+
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+2.2 Moral Rights remain unaffected to the extent they are recognized and
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+not waivable by applicable law. Notwithstanding, You may add your name
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+in the header of the source code files of Your Contribution and We will
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+respect this attribution when using Your Contribution.
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+
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+3. PATENTS
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+~~~~~~~~~~
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+
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+3.1 Patent License
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+
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+Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement You hereby grant
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+to us a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual and
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+irrevocable (except as stated in Section 3.2) patent license, with the
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+right to transfer an unlimited number of non-exclusive licenses or to
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+grant sublicenses to third parties, to make, have made, use, sell, offer
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+for sale, import and otherwise transfer the Contribution and the
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+Contribution in combination with the Material (and portions of such
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+combination). This license applies to all patents owned or controlled by
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+You, whether already acquired or hereafter acquired, that would be
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+infringed by making, having made, using, selling, offering for sale,
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+importing or otherwise transferring of Your Contribution(s) alone or by
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+combination of Your Contribution(s) with the Material.
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+
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+3.2 Revocation of Patent License
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+
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+You reserve the right to revoke the patent license stated in section 3.1
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+if we make any infringement claim that is targeted at your Contribution
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+and not asserted for a Defensive Purpose. An assertion of claims of the
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+Patents shall be considered for a "Defensive Purpose" if the claims are
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+asserted against an entity that has filed, maintained, threatened, or
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+voluntarily participated in a patent infringement lawsuit against Us or
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+any of Our licensees.
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+
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+
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+4. DISCLAIMER
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+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+
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+THE CONTRIBUTION IS PROVIDED "AS IS". MORE PARTICULARLY, ALL EXPRESS OR
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+IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY
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+OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
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+NON-INFRINGEMENT ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED BY YOU TO US AND BY US TO YOU.
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+TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY SUCH WARRANTIES CANNOT BE DISCLAIMED, SUCH
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+WARRANTY IS LIMITED IN DURATION TO THE MINIMUM PERIOD PERMITTED BY LAW.
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+
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+5. Consequential Damage Waiver
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+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+
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+TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL YOU
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+OR US BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF ANTICIPATED SAVINGS,
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+LOSS OF DATA, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL AND EXEMPLARY
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+DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL OR
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+EQUITABLE THEORY (CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) UPON WHICH THE CLAIM IS
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+BASED.
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+
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+6. Approximation of Disclaimer and Damage Waiver
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+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+
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+IF THE DISCLAIMER AND DAMAGE WAIVER MENTIONED IN SECTION 4 AND SECTION 5
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+CANNOT BE GIVEN LEGAL EFFECT UNDER APPLICABLE LOCAL LAW, REVIEWING
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+COURTS SHALL APPLY LOCAL LAW THAT MOST CLOSELY APPROXIMATES AN ABSOLUTE
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+WAIVER OF ALL CIVIL LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONTRIBUTION.
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+
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+7. Term
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+~~~~~~~
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+
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+7.1 This Agreement shall come into effect upon Your acceptance of the
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+terms and conditions.
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+
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+7.2 In the event of a termination of this Agreement Sections 4, 5, 6, 7
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+and 8 shall survive such termination and shall remain in full force
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+thereafter. For the avoidance of doubt, Contributions that are already
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+licensed under a free and open source license at the date of the
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+termination shall remain in full force after the termination of this
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+Agreement.
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+
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+8. Miscellaneous
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+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+
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+8.1 This Agreement and all disputes, claims, actions, suits or other
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+proceedings arising out of this agreement or relating in any way to it
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+shall be governed by the laws of People's Republic of China excluding
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+its private international law provisions.
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+
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+8.2 This Agreement sets out the entire agreement between You and Us for
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+Your Contributions to Us and overrides all other agreements or
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+understandings.
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+
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+8.3 If any provision of this Agreement is found void and unenforceable,
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+such provision will be replaced to the extent possible with a provision
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+that comes closest to the meaning of the original provision and that is
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+enforceable. The terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement shall
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+apply notwithstanding any failure of essential purpose of this Agreement
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+or any limited remedy to the maximum extent possible under law.
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+
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+8.4 You agree to notify Us of any facts or circumstances of which you
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+become aware that would make this Agreement inaccurate in any respect.
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+
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+.. rubric:: You
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+ :name: you
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+
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+| Date: | |
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+| Name: | |
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+| Title: | |
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+| Address: | |
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++------------+----+
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+
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+.. rubric:: Us
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+ :name: us
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+
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+| Date: | |
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+| Name: | |
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+| Title: | |
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+| Address: | |
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Angus Gratton