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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING b/CONTRIBUTING new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2a3859a5 --- /dev/null +++ b/CONTRIBUTING @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +The project homepage is at https://fedorahosted.org/elfutils/ + +The current elfutils source code can be checked out with +git clone git://git.fedorahosted.org/git/elfutils.git + +The developer mailinglist to send patches to is +https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/elfutils-devel + +Please supply patches using git format-patch or using git send-email. + +Sign your work + +To facilitate tracking of who did what, we've adopted a "sign-off" +procedure for patches based on the procedure used by the Linux kernel +project. + +The sign-off is a simple line at the end of the explanation for the +patch, which certifies that you wrote it or otherwise have the right +to pass it on as a patch under an appropriate license. The rules are +pretty simple: if you can certify the below: + + Developer's Certificate of Origin + + By making a contribution to this project, I certify that: + + (a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me, + and I have the right to submit the contribution under each + license indicated in, or otherwise designated as being + applicable to, the file. + + (b) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other + person who certified (a), and I have not modified it. + + (c) I understand and agree that the project and the + contribution are public and that a record of the + contribution (including all personal information I submit + with it, including my sign-off) is maintained indefinitely + and may be redistributed. + +then you just add a line saying + +Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <[email protected]> + +using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.) + +git commit --signoff will add such a Signed-off-by line by at the end of +the commit log message for you. |