We are excited that you are considering contributing to the open-vm-tools project. We have a standard contribution agreement that covers all contributions made to the project. It gives VMware and you joint copyright interests in the code you are contributing. The agreement also gives VMware flexibility with licensing and also helps avoid any copyright/licensing related issues that may arise in the future. In order for us to include your contribution in our source tree, we ask that you send us a signed copy of the agreement. You can do this in one of two ways:

• Fax to +1.650.427.5003 Attn: Krystia Przepiorski, Product & Technology Law Group
• Scan and email it to oss-queries_at_vmware.com

Download the agreement. You may also send any questions you have on this topic to that email address.