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| author | Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> | 2005-10-28 07:22:45 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> | 2005-10-28 07:22:45 +0000 |
| commit | 06d6ea651ea404394e92c53d5a22d6cbf1c3c8d0 (patch) | |
| tree | 6b6d488c3b4d0ca37ec296add21525f0f98b23a9 /docs | |
| parent | 966fa848a0213be52d3a4b3787c36ec7c5553f22 (diff) | |
elaborated somewhat in the license chapter
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diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTE b/docs/CONTRIBUTE index 4747bd5d9..a14d1aa82 100644 --- a/docs/CONTRIBUTE +++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTE @@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| -To Think About When Contributing Source Code + When Contributing Source Code - This document is intended to offer some simple guidelines that can be useful - to keep in mind when you decide to contribute to the project. This concerns - new features as well as corrections to existing flaws or bugs. + This document is intended to offer guidelines that can be useful to keep in + mind when you decide to contribute to the project. This concerns new features + as well as corrections to existing flaws or bugs. Join the Community @@ -20,13 +20,26 @@ Join the Community The License Issue When contributing with code, you agree to put your changes and new code under - the same license curl and libcurl is already using unless stated otherwise. + the same license curl and libcurl is already using unless stated and agreed + otherwise. If you add a larger piece of code, you can opt to make that file or set of files to use a different license as long as they don't enforce any changes to the rest of the package and they make sense. Such "separate parts" can not be - GPL (as we don't want the GPL virus to attack users of libcurl) but they must - use "GPL compatible" licenses. + GPL licensed (as we don't want copyleft to affect users of libcurl) but they + must use "GPL compatible" licenses (as we want to allow users to use libcurl + properly in GPL licensed environments). + + When changing existing source code, you do not alter the copyright of the + original file(s). The copyright will still be owned by the original + creator(s) or those who have been assigned copyright by the original + author(s). + + By submitting a patch to the curl project, you are assumed to have the right + to the code and to be allowed by your employer or whatever to hand over that + patch/code to us. We will credit you for your changes as far as possible, to + give credit but also to keep a trace back to who made what changes. Please + always provide us with your full real name when contributing! What To Read |