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| author | mdecimus <mauro@stalw.art> | 2024-08-02 11:22:29 +0200 |
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| committer | mdecimus <mauro@stalw.art> | 2024-08-02 11:22:29 +0200 |
| commit | 9cb87091e17f2674bff6e2230cea9321573754f1 (patch) | |
| tree | bbfe44516bdcbc54cb3aaf70567eb03b198b2d9e | |
| parent | 2a12e251f2591b7785d7a921364f125d2e9c1e6e (diff) | |
CLA -> FLA
| -rw-r--r-- | CONTRIBUTING.md | 22 |
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index ec659418..0d178222 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -1,16 +1,24 @@ # Contributing -When contributing to this repository, please first discuss the change you wish to make via issue, -email, or any other method with the owners of this repository before making a change. +When contributing to this repository, please first discuss the change you wish to make via issue, email, or any other method with the owners of this repository before making a change. Please note we have a code of conduct, please follow it in all your interactions with the project. -## Any contributions you make will be under AGPL +## Licensing -This software is licensed under the Affero General Public License (AGPL). Any contributions made to -this project will be under this license. Before any contributions can be made, contributors are -required to sign a Contributor License Agreement (CLA). The purpose of the agreement is to clarify -and document the rights granted by contributors to us. +This project is licensed under the Affero General Public License (AGPL) version 3.0. By contributing to this project, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the AGPL-3.0 license. + +## Fiduciary Contributor License Agreement + +Before making any contributions, all contributors are required to sign the Fiduciary Contributor License Agreement (FLA). The FLA is a legal agreement that assigns the copyright of contributions to a designated fiduciary, who manages these rights on behalf of the project. This arrangement ensures that the software remains free and open, even as contributors come and go. + +Key points of the FLA: + +- Ensures the software remains free and open source +- Protects the project from potential copyright issues +- Includes a reversion clause: if the fiduciary violates Free Software principles, rights revert to the original contributors + +For more details about FLA, please refer to the [FLA FAQ](https://fsfe.org/activities/fla/fla.en.html). ## Pull Request Process |