From 7d1ba14f39b198ac2a318fff817221e973f598c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karen Arutyunov Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 17:26:40 +0300 Subject: New LICENSE/AUTHORS arrangement --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'CONTRIBUTING.md') diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index a3216bb..6bfc34f 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -1,3 +1,16 @@ This project is part of the `build2` toolchain; see its [Community](https://build2.org/community.xhtml) page for various ways to contribute. + +The copyright for the code is held by the contributors of the code (see the +`AUTHORS` file). The code is licensed under permissive open source licensing +terms (see the `LICENSE` file). When you contribute code to this project, you +license it under these terms. Before contributing please make sure that these +terms are acceptable to you (and to your employer(s), if they have rights to +intellectual property that you create) and that the code being contributed is +your original creation. + +The revision history in the version control system is the primary source of +authorship information for copyright purposes. If, however, you would like +to also be noted explicitly, please include the appropriate change to the +`AUTHORS` file along with your contribution. -- cgit v1.1