Good idea. I like it. On May 19, 2014 7:08 PM, "Paolo Cavallini" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all. > Why not adding a CONTRIBUTING.md file, following the suggestions from Jody? > All the best. > > > -------- Messaggio originale -------- > Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] How not to suck at github - handling > drive by commits > Data: Fri, 16 May 2014 13:02:11 -0700 > Mittente: Jody Garnett <[email protected]> > A: OSGeo Discussions <[email protected]> > > > > Here is a description on how to use > CONTRIBUTING.md https://github.com/blog/1184-contributing-guidelines > > Jody Garnett > > > On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 12:48 PM, Jody Garnett <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I have mentioned this in email/blog posts, but with the recent > discussion on > GitHub I would like to send a reminder. > > If your project is operating on GitHub please include an > CONTRIBUTING.md file. > This link will provided on the pull-request page for potential > contributors. > > Here are some examples: > > - https://github.com/geotools/geotools/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md > - https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md > > GitHub provides excellent documentation (the reason uDig migrated for > Gitourious) > and the fork/pull-request workflow makes "drive by commits" very easy. > This > CONTRIBUTIONS.md gives your team a chance to communicate any terms > (include a > test case, sign a contribution agreement) clear. > > Many of us are comfortable with open source as a user, understanding > the > difference between GPL and BSD for example. The outline the terms for > users of > the software. There is a second level of open source licenses > outlining the terms > the project team requires when accepting contributions back into the > "core" codebase. > > For an example "Apache Style" contributor license agreements are > available for > OSGeo Projects here: > http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/legal/licenses.html > > -- > Jody Garnett > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >
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