We strongly prefer that contribtions be offered using the same license
as the project/module. But, we should document other acceptable
licenses for contributions.
This will allow package owners to more easily know if they can accept
a contribution under a different source license.
NOTE: This does not modify the wording of the "TianoCore Contribution
Agreement 1.0" section
Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0
Signed-off-by: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.jus...@intel.com>
Cc: Mark Doran <mark.do...@intel.com>
---
MdePkg/Contributions.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/MdePkg/Contributions.txt b/MdePkg/Contributions.txt
index dd1c6c3..66d62b3 100644
--- a/MdePkg/Contributions.txt
+++ b/MdePkg/Contributions.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,20 @@ To make a contribution to a TianoCore project, follow these
steps.
that the project documents on its web page. If the process is
not documented, then submit the code on development email list
for the project.
+5. It is preferred that contributions are submitted using the same
+ copyright license as the base project. When that is not possible,
+ then contributions using the following licenses can be accepted:
+ * BDS (2-clause): http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause
+ * BDS (3-clause): http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
+ * MIT: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
+ * Python-2.0: http://opensource.org/licenses/Python-2.0
+ * Zlib: http://opensource.org/licenses/Zlib
+
+ Contributions of code put into the public domain can also be
+ accepted.
+
+ Contributions using other licenses might be accepted, but further
+ review will be required.
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