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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1ba8539 --- /dev/null +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +Want to contribute? Great! First, read this page (including the small print at the end). + +### Before you contribute +Before we can use your code, you must sign the +[Google Individual Contributor License Agreement](https://developers.google.com/open-source/cla/individual?csw=1) +(CLA), which you can do online. The CLA is necessary mainly because you own the +copyright to your changes, even after your contribution becomes part of our +codebase, so we need your permission to use and distribute your code. We also +need to be sure of various other things—for instance that you'll tell us if you +know that your code infringes on other people's patents. You don't have to sign +the CLA until after you've submitted your code for review and a member has +approved it, but you must do it before we can put your code into our codebase. +Before you start working on a larger contribution, you should get in touch with +us first through the issue tracker with your idea so that we can help out and +possibly guide you. Coordinating up front makes it much easier to avoid +frustration later on. + +### Code reviews +All submissions, including submissions by project members, require review. We +use Github pull requests for this purpose. + +### The small print +Contributions made by corporations are covered by a different agreement than +the one above, the Software Grant and Corporate Contributor License Agreement. |