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@@ -173,6 +173,28 @@ into the repository etc. The idea is to allow commercial support
 vendors to stabilize the major or minor release for their product
 offerings.  <p>
 
+<p><hr>
+<H3>Contributions from the Open-Source Community</H3>
+<P>
+
+Over the years, ACE+TAO+CIAO have benefitted significantly from
+contributions by <A
+HREF="http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE-members.html">thousands</A>
+of deveopers in the open-source community.  To avoid fragmentation of
+the code base, by submitting comments, suggestions, code, code
+snippets, techniques (including that of usage) and algorithms
+(collectively ``Submissions''), submitters acknowledge that they have
+the right to do so, that any such Submissions are given freely and
+unreservedly, and that they waive any claims to copyright or
+ownership.  In addition, submitters acknowledge that any such
+Submission might become part of the copyright maintained on the
+overall body of code that comprises the open-source DOC Group
+software.  By making a Submission, submitter agree to these terms.
+Moreover, submitters acknowledge that the incorporation or
+modification of such Submissions is entirely at the discretion of the
+moderators of the open-source DOC software projects or their
+designees.
+
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