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LinuxWorld.com Freelance Agreement
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DATE

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FULLNAME

ADDRESS


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Dear DEARNAME:

This letter confirms our interest in publishing
your article on SUBJECT, which is scheduled to run
on Network World, Inc.'s web site, LinuxWorld.com,
beginning on PUBDATE.

A payment of PAYMENT will be sent to you within four
to six weeks after final story acceptance and upon
receipt of your invoice submitted in accordance with
Network World's guidelines. (Please see the invoice
guidelines attached.)

The terms and conditions of this Agreement are
as follows:

1) You acknowledge and agree that except as
specifically set forth herein, you shall create
certain original works of authorship, inventions, and
other related material (collectively the ``Work'')
for Network World, as commissioned by Network World
as part of a visual work and under the terms and
conditions set forth herein. It is acknowledged
and agreed by the parties that the Work may contain
software/source code (``Code''). Such Code shall be
included as part of the Work.

2) You grant Network World the non-exclusive license
to publish the Work as set forth herein. Network World
shall own exclusive first worldwide rights to publish
the Work, to prepare derivative works based upon the
Work, and the right to transfer or license any of
its rights, including but not limited to its right
to republish, authorize the republication thereof,
reproduce, display, perform, and otherwise make the
Work available on or through Print or Electronic Media
and any and all current or future methods or media
of publication, retrieval or reproduction. Electronic
Media includes, but is not limited to, the Internet,
the World Wide Web, computer on-line services,
computer bulletin boards, CD-ROM storage media,
magnetic storage media, microfiche or microfilm media,
facsimile, imaging systems, electronic mail, portable
document formats and any other future format or
media. Network World has the perpetual, non-exclusive
right to continue utilizing the Work in the foregoing
and any other manner and to copyright the same as it
may determine in its sole and absolute discretion.

3) (a) Notwithstanding the foregoing, you shall have
the right to use the Work, or submit the Work, or
part of the Work, for inclusion in a computer program
licensed by you or a third party under Free Software
or Open Source terms, or for inclusion in a collective
work including one or more computer programs licensed
by you or a third party as Free Software. Use of all
or part of the article itself, shall carry Network
World's standard credit line, ``First published on
LinuxWorld.com, a publication of Network World Inc.,
118 Turnpike Rd., Southboro, MA 01772.''

4) The Work shall be in publishable condition, as
deemed by Network World's editor, in his/her sole
discretion. Network World reserves the right, in
its sole discretion, to reject the article or ask
for reasonable changes needed to make the article
publishable. You agree that you shall promptly make
such changes as Network World may request.  Network
World shall have the right to edit, revise and adapt
the Work and to cause others to make such changes
in the Work as Network World may deem appropriate
in order to prepare same for publication. You shall
verify all facts in the Work and will furnish the
checking material to Network World at Network World's
request. Further, you shall provide Network World
with the URL and/or identify the source of any and
all Code that may be included or imbedded within the
Work and/or any other information that Network World
shall request related to the Code or any other part
of the Work. Network World shall have the right to
check the Work for accuracy and you agree that you
shall be available and cooperate with Network World
in its efforts to check the Work.

5) In any publication of the Work, Network World
shall, or shall require any licensee to, refer to
you as author of the Work and Network World may
use or authorize the use of your name and pertinent
biographical data in connection with the publication
of, or promotion of the publication of the Work.

6) Upon acceptance of this assignment, you agree that
you will not submit--for any publication--an article,
column or any other written material that is similar
to the Work (including but not limited to the same
subject matter) or uses information contained in the
Work for at least 90 days after first publication of
the Work by Network World without the prior written
consent of Network World.

7) You represent and warrant that your contributions
to the Work (including any Code) shall be original,
or should the Work contain any previously copyrighted
material, you represent and warrant that you have
obtained the appropriate releases and/permissions to
use the material. You represent that you have the
power and authority to enter into and perform the
obligations hereunder and that you are not subject to
any agreement which would affect your ability to enter
into and/or perform under this Agreement, nor will
your entering into this Agreement or the performance
hereunder, violate the terms of any other agreement
to which you are a party, including but not limited
to a non-disclosure or software license agreement.

8) You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless
Network World and its respective officers, directors,
employees and affiliate, parent and subsidiary
companies, and its licensees from any losses, costs,
damages or expenses, including reasonable attorneys'
fees, arising from any breach or alleged breach of
your representations, warranties and obligations under
this Agreement. Network World may rely conclusively
on the truth of the warranties and representations
set forth above in dealing with any third parties
in connection with the disposition or licensing of
any rights granted under this Agreement. Each of the
foregoing warranties and representations shall survive
the termination or expiration of this Agreement.

10) This Agreement shall be governed according to
the laws and in the state and federal courts of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  You agree to waive
any objections to personal jurisdiction and venue of
such courts.

11) In creating the Work, you shall be acting as an
Independent Contractor and not as an agent or employee
of Network World. You will be responsible for paying
your own taxes on any amount paid to you by Network
World.  Network World has no responsibility to pay
any withholding taxes on any amount paid to you by
Network World.

Please sign both copies of this Agreement and return
one promptly, keeping the second for your files.

Sincerely,

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Don Marti

Site Editor

LinuxWorld.com

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Network World, Inc.  Guidelines for Invoices

Our accounting department requests that invoices have the following
information:

Invoice date and invoice number

To: Editor's name

Freelancer's name, address, phone or fax, email address

Social Security number or Federal tax ID number if you pay US tax

Description of work/article

Publication date for the article

Total amount due, USD

Send the invoice to the editor of the article via
email or postal mail.  If you send your invoice by
email, please include the word "Invoice" and your
invoice number in the subject line.

If you are a ``US Person'' for purposes of US tax
law, you must download, print and submit an Internal
Revenue Service Form W-9 with your invoice.  Form W-9
is available at: www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf

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