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To Think About When Contributing Source Code When Contributing Source Code
This document is intended to offer some simple guidelines that can be useful This document is intended to offer guidelines that can be useful to keep in
to keep in mind when you decide to contribute to the project. This concerns mind when you decide to contribute to the project. This concerns new features
new features as well as corrections to existing flaws or bugs. as well as corrections to existing flaws or bugs.
Join the Community Join the Community
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The License Issue The License Issue
When contributing with code, you agree to put your changes and new code under When contributing with code, you agree to put your changes and new code under
the same license curl and libcurl is already using unless stated otherwise. the same license curl and libcurl is already using unless stated and agreed
otherwise.
If you add a larger piece of code, you can opt to make that file or set of If you add a larger piece of code, you can opt to make that file or set of
files to use a different license as long as they don't enforce any changes to files to use a different license as long as they don't enforce any changes to
the rest of the package and they make sense. Such "separate parts" can not be the rest of the package and they make sense. Such "separate parts" can not be
GPL (as we don't want the GPL virus to attack users of libcurl) but they must GPL licensed (as we don't want copyleft to affect users of libcurl) but they
use "GPL compatible" licenses. must use "GPL compatible" licenses (as we want to allow users to use libcurl
properly in GPL licensed environments).
When changing existing source code, you do not alter the copyright of the
original file(s). The copyright will still be owned by the original
creator(s) or those who have been assigned copyright by the original
author(s).
By submitting a patch to the curl project, you are assumed to have the right
to the code and to be allowed by your employer or whatever to hand over that
patch/code to us. We will credit you for your changes as far as possible, to
give credit but also to keep a trace back to who made what changes. Please
always provide us with your full real name when contributing!
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