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
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