From 3e60ccda96dfada9307a0a25134475c726f1ae72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Xavier Hallade Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 15:52:57 +0200 Subject: added guideline for contributions using LGPL software --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 774db8f2..a8e22531 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ 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 -- cgit v1.2.3