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authorStanislaw Halik <sthalik@misaki.pl>2015-10-13 18:48:55 +0200
committerStanislaw Halik <sthalik@misaki.pl>2015-10-13 18:48:55 +0200
commit5b5261098945d5d9981c9a3b25b1fff3a05aeda7 (patch)
tree1265d415d74f6c9253d431e1ebea72d7bcb5d1ae
parent3ef631ba91051e5f0c356f51cbdf173a3d2db902 (diff)
parent3e60ccda96dfada9307a0a25134475c726f1ae72 (diff)
Merge branch 'unstable' into trackhat
* unstable: added guideline for contributions using LGPL software Update CONTRIBUTING.md Update README.md added guidelines for external contributions
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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+# Contributing to opentrack
+
+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.
+
+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
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -72,6 +72,4 @@ Don't be afraid to submit an issue/feature request if need arises.
# Licensing information
-Recommended to submit new code under ISC license, shorter boilerplate
-header than MIT/X11 or new BSD. Please don't use copyleft licenses for
-lack of legal hell.
+Almost all code is licensed under the [ISC license](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISC_license). There are very few proprietary dependencies. There is no copyleft code. See individual files for licensing and authorship information.