First draft of GridDB GCLA in md

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GCLA.md

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+## GridDB Contributor License Agreement
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+This GridDB Contributor License Agreement ("GCLA) applies to any contribution that you make to any product or project managed by us (the "project"), and sets out the intellectual property rights you grant to us in the contributed materials. The term "us" shall mean Toshiba Corporation. The term "you" shall mean the person or entity identified below. If you agree to be bound by these terms, fill in the information requested below and sign the GCLA where indicated below. Read this agreement carefully before signing. These terms and conditions constitute a binding legal agreement.
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+1. The term 'contribution' or 'contributed materials' means any source code, object code, patch, tool, sample, graphic, specification, manual, documentation, or any other material posted or submitted bu you to the project.
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+2. With respect to any worldwide copyrights, or copyright applications and registrations, in your contribution:
+   - you hereby assign to us joint ownership, and to the extent that such assignment is or becomes invalid, ineffective or unenforceable, you hereby grant to us a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusing, worldwide, no-charge, royalty-free, unrestricted license to exercise all rights under those copyrights. This includes, at ouroption, the right to sublicense these same rights to third parties through multiple levels of sublicenses or other licensing arrangements;
+   - you agree that each of us can do all things in relation to your contribution as if each of us were the sole owners, and if one of us makes a derivative work of your contributionm the one who makes the derivative work (or has it made) will be the solve owner of that derivative work;
+   - you agree that you will not assert any moral rights in your contribution against us, our licensees or transferees;
+   - you agree that we may register a copyright in your contribution and exercise all ownership rights associated with it; and
+   - you agree that neither of us has any duty to consult with, obrain the consent of pay or render an accounting to the other for any use or distribution of your contribution.