From e50c5d1524351e85f4732856246a648750bd7a8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bjoern Schiessle Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 20:30:41 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] add some information for contributors regarding the copyright header and claify that all contributions are considered AGPLv3 or later --- README.md | 19 ++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7ca7d5fcbf..7a540a6e45 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ Please stay tuned while we get all the repositories up. Meanwhile check out https://nextcloud.com and follow us on https://twitter.com/nextclouders -If you want to [contribute](https://nextcloud.com/contribute/), you are very welcome: +If you want to [contribute](https://nextcloud.com/contribute/), you are very welcome: -- on our IRC channels #nextcloud & #nextcloud-dev irc://#nextcloud-dev@freenode.net (on freenode) and +- on our IRC channels #nextcloud & #nextcloud-dev irc://#nextcloud-dev@freenode.net (on freenode) and - our forum at https://help.nextcloud.com Please read the [Code of Conduct](https://nextcloud.com/community/code-of-conduct/). This document offers some guidance to ensure Nextcloud participants can cooperate effectively in a positive and inspiring atmosphere, and to explain how together we can strengthen and support each other. @@ -30,7 +30,20 @@ if you want to join the Github organization just let us know and we’ll add you * ... ## Contribution Guidelines -https://nextcloud.com/contribute/ + +All contributions to this repository from June, 16 2016 on are considered to be +licensed under the AGPLv3 or any later version. + +Nextcloud doesn't require a CLA (Contributor License Agreement). +The copyright belongs to all the individual contributors. Therefore we recommend +that every contributor adds following line to the header of a file, if he +changed it substantially: + +``` +@copyright Copyright (c) , () +``` + +More information how to contribute: https://nextcloud.com/contribute/ ## Support Learn about the different ways you can get support for Nextcloud: https://nextcloud.com/support/