From 0adc81eb92033cd54a60fc721c991efdb5a4e361 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Srivats P Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 16:32:24 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Add contributing guidelines Inform about copyright assignment --- .github/CONTRIBUTING.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 .github/CONTRIBUTING.md diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..21a86bb --- /dev/null +++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +# Contributing Guidelines +Please use a Pull Request to contribute code. Very small fixes (< 10 lines) can provide the diff via an issue instead of a PR. + +In either case, you agree to the below legal terms and you indicate your acceptance by explicitly adding a comment to the issue or PR stating - + +``` +I have read the contributing guidelines (CONTRIBUTING.md) and I hereby assign the copyrights of these changes to [Srivats P](https://github.com/pstavirs). +``` + +## Legal +By submitting a Pull Request, you disavow any rights or claims to any changes submitted to the Ostinato project and assign the copyright of those changes to [Srivats P](https://github.com/pstavirs). + +If you cannot or do not want to reassign those rights (your employment contract for your employer may not allow this), you should not submit a PR. Open an issue and someone else can do the work. + +This is a legal way of saying "_If you submit a PR to us, that code becomes ours_". 99.9% of the time that's what you intend anyways; we hope it doesn't scare you away from contributing.