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Contributor License Agreement (CLA) — partner pointer

This repository is a Microsoft open-source project. Contributions are governed by the Microsoft Contributor License Agreement, administered centrally by Microsoft Open Source. This page is a partner-facing pointer to the CLA process. It is not the CLA text, and it is not legal advice — for terms, read the CLA itself at the portal link below.

Where the CLA lives

The authoritative CLA text and signing flow are at:

https://cla.opensource.microsoft.com

The portal is the single source of truth. Microsoft Open Source administers revisions there; individual repos (including this one) do not vendor the CLA text.

How signing works in practice

  1. Open a PR against this repo from your fork.
  2. A CLA bot comments on the PR with a link to the portal and posts a license/cla status check.
  3. Sign once at the portal using the GitHub account that authored the commits.
  4. The bot re-checks and the status turns green. You do not need to re-sign per PR.

Signing once at the portal covers other repositories that use the same Microsoft CLA. Not every Microsoft-adjacent repo uses this exact CLA (for example, the .NET Foundation has its own), so rely on the license/cla status check on your PR and the portal's guidance for the specific repo you're contributing to rather than assuming global coverage.

If you are an active Microsoft employee or vendor, the portal may indicate that a signature is not required. The portal is authoritative on your status.

Partner fork behavior

Partners who clone this template into their own GitHub organization (gh repo create --template) operate under their own repo policies inside that private fork. Microsoft's CLA flow only applies to changes contributed back to the Microsoft/Azure upstream.

Partners who want their own CLA for contributions into their fork should adopt a service such as cla-assistant.io; that is outside the scope of this accelerator.

What the CLA does not cover

  • Microsoft trademarks, logos, and brand assets — see LICENSE and the Microsoft Trademark and Brand Guidelines.
  • Secrets, credentials, customer data, or third-party proprietary content inadvertently included in a PR — scrub these before committing; the CLA has nothing to say about them.

Current scope

As noted in CONTRIBUTING.md, this accelerator is currently internal preview; external contributions are not yet generally accepted. The CLA flow is handled centrally by Microsoft Open Source rather than documented in this repo.

Questions

  • CLA terms or portal issues: opensource@microsoft.com
  • Contribution-flow questions specific to this accelerator: open a discussion on this repo.