Add contribution terms with patent license (CONTRIBUTING, PR template, README)

.github/pull_request_template.md

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+## What this changes
+
+<!-- One logical change per PR. Link the issue behind any normative change. -->
+
+Closes #
+
+## Contribution terms
+
+- [ ] I have read and agree to the Contribution Terms in [CONTRIBUTING.md](../CONTRIBUTING.md#ipr), including the patent license, on behalf of myself and any entity I represent.

CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Contributing to AAMP
+
+## IPR and contribution terms
+
+<a name="ipr"></a>
+
+**Read this before filing.**
+
+This repository is licensed under the Apache License 2.0
+([LICENSE](LICENSE)).
+
+By submitting a contribution to this repository (including a pull request,
+issue, comment, or other material intended for inclusion in the AAMP
+framework), you agree, on behalf of yourself and any entity you represent,
+that:
+
+(a) **Copyright.** Your contribution is licensed to IAB Tech Lab under the
+Apache License 2.0, and may be used, modified, and made available to the
+public under that license.
+
+(b) **Patents.** You grant IAB Tech Lab and each implementer of the AAMP
+framework a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free,
+irrevocable license under any patent claims owned or controlled by you or your
+affiliates that are necessarily infringed by implementing the portions of the
+AAMP framework that incorporate your contribution, to make, have made, use,
+sell, offer to sell, import, and otherwise distribute implementations of the
+AAMP framework. This license terminates as to any party that asserts a patent
+infringement claim against an implementation of the AAMP framework.
+
+(c) **Authority.** You have the right to submit the contribution and grant these
+licenses, including, if you are contributing on behalf of your employer, your
+employer's authorization.
+
+(d) **IAB Tech Lab members.** If you are an IAB Tech Lab member, your
+contributions remain subject to the
+[IAB Tech Lab IPR Policy](https://iabtechlab.com/ipr-iab-techlab/acknowledge-ipr/),
+which controls in the event of any conflict with these terms.
+
+If you cannot agree to these terms, please do not submit a contribution and
+contact [support@iabtechlab.com](mailto:support@iabtechlab.com) instead.
+
+**Do not file anything you consider confidential.** This repository is public.
+Rate cards, deal terms, client names and inventory data filed here are public
+the moment you press submit. Anonymise your examples.

README.md

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 \- All repositories follow IAB Tech Lab contribution and code of conduct policies.
 
+\- Contributions to AAMP repositories are subject to the Contribution Terms in [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md#ipr), including the copyright and patent licenses set out there. If you are a member of the IAB Tech Lab, the [IPR Policy](https://iabtechlab.com/ipr-iab-techlab/acknowledge-ipr/) also applies to your contribution and controls in the event of a conflict.
+
 ## **AAMP Repositories**
 
 ### **1\. Agentic Direct (Core Orchestration)**