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Open Source Framework for GSA - use this framework as a reference when open sourcing your code base
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Separate license and contribution policy #4

Open stvnrlly opened 9 years ago

stvnrlly commented 9 years ago

The framework currently includes this language:

The license should also include a “terms of contribution” that clearly states that any code contributions are covered under the overarching license.

It may not be a good practice to edit existing licenses, as it's not expected. Instead, a common alternative approach is to include a CONTRIBUTING.md file, stating that contributors agree to license their work in the same manner, in the root of the repository in addition to the LICENSE.md file. Here's an example. As a bonus, GitHub will add a link to that file at the top of the forms for issues and pull requests, so potential contributors will be informed that the repository has a contribution policy. Under this approach, it's a good idea to reference both documents in README.md.

pammiller0 commented 9 years ago

@stvnrlly didn't know that! Thanks will update this as well!