diff --git a/contributing-to-QSkinny.md b/contributing-to-QSkinny.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7469eae3 --- /dev/null +++ b/contributing-to-QSkinny.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +# Contributing to QSkinny + +We want to have the possibility to transfer the QSkinny code to a **more +permissive license** in the future, i.e. any of the following: BSD "Simplified" +License, BSD "Revised" License, MIT license. + +If you are fine with this, you are welcome to contribute to QSkinny by +completing the following steps: + +1. Agree to the terms of the Fiduciary License Agreement (FLA). + You can create a pull request first, then the licensing bot will check + automatically whether you already signed the FLA or not. If you have not + signed the agreement yet, it will leave a comment on the pull request on how + to proceed. + The agreement for contributions is similar to the one that other projects use + (e.g. KDE e.V.). For more information, see + https://fsfe.org/activities/fla/fiduciary.en.html +1. If a change contains more than ~10 lines (i.e. everything other than doc typo + fixes or similar), feel free to add your copyright to the files you changed. +1. Submit your pull request for review.