Developer Space

The 5G-MAG Reference Tools may be used in validation, verification, demonstrations, trials and possible even in commercial services. For this purpose 5G-MAG’s developer program is supported by a permissible license and a community friendly Contributor License Agreement (CLA). 

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5G-MAG Public License v1.0

The 5G-MAG Public License v1.0, which is a modified version of the Apache 2.0 license, includes a patent clause to allows contributors to make patent license available to third parties under FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) terms for commercial exploitation. The 5G-MAG Reference Tools code is free for non-commercial, study, testing and research purposes.

We expect this setup to allow contributions to the 5G-MAG Reference Tools from organizations with a significant patent portfolio while keeping these rights. This scheme is aligned with ETSI and 3GPP FRAND policy with respect to licensing. This aspect is key in particular to encourage companies which own significant portfolio of patents to be able to contribute code while keeping their essential IPR.

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Contributor License Agreement

In order to clarify the intellectual property license granted with contributions from any person or entity, 5G-MAG must have a Contributor License Agreement ("CLA") on file that has been signed by each Contributor, indicating agreement to the license terms. We do this for your protection as a contributor as well as the protection of 5G-MAG and its users; and it does not change your rights to use your own contributions for any other purpose.