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@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ project can relicense the changes to LGPLv2.1+ at a later point without asking the contributor. This is a safeguard for making potential relicensing of remaining GPL code to LGPLv2.1+ easier. +See DOCS/contribute.md for binding rules wrt. licensing for contributions. + For information about authors and contributors, consult the git log, which contains the complete SVN and CVS history as well. diff --git a/DOCS/contribute.md b/DOCS/contribute.md index a11b2982a8..5f514b06d6 100644 --- a/DOCS/contribute.md +++ b/DOCS/contribute.md @@ -17,10 +17,14 @@ Sending patches - All new code must be LGPLv2.1+ licensed, or come with the implicit agreement that it will be relicensed to LGPLv2.1+ later (see ``Copyright`` in the repository root directory). + Changes in files with more liberal licenses (such as BSD, MIT, or ISC) are + assumed to be dual-licensed under LGPLv2.1+ and the license indicated in the + file header. - You must be either the exclusive author of the patch, or acknowledge all authors involved in the commit message. If you take 3rd party code, authorship and copyright must be properly acknowledged. If the license of the code is not LGPLv2.1+, this must be mentioned. +- These license statements are legally binding. - Don't use fake names (something that looks like an actual names, and may be someone else's name, but is not your legal name). Using a pseudonyms is allowed if it can be used to identify or contact you, even if whatever |