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authorXavier Hallade <xavier.hallade@intel.com>2015-10-12 15:52:57 +0200
committerXavier Hallade <xavier.hallade@intel.com>2015-10-12 15:52:57 +0200
commit3e60ccda96dfada9307a0a25134475c726f1ae72 (patch)
tree3a3595d9f64293fac3ff5c2f6dd4b49a6795ff52
parent8f5c20c6047708a2ce59159270f66b9049141d2a (diff)
added guideline for contributions using LGPL software
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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Pull requests for contributing patches, improvements and new features are greatly welcome through GitHub.
-By submitting a pull request, you agree to allow the project owner to license your work under the [ISC license](https://opensource.org/licenses/ISC). Please add your copyright and licensing information before submitting a pull request.
+By submitting a pull request, you agree to allow the project owner to license your work under the [ISC license](https://opensource.org/licenses/ISC).
+Please add your copyright and licensing information before submitting a pull request.
-Contributions that are licensed under a copyleft license (such as GPL) cannot be integrated.
+Contributions may depend on LGPL software but not be a derivative work of LGPL software (and more specifically be statically linked to any LGPL code).
+Contributions that are licensed under a copyleft license (such as GPL) cannot be integrated. \ No newline at end of file