From da87549238b3ac57f6365be975e6301041ab5178 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brad King Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 10:56:27 -0500 Subject: Update README and add guidelines for CONTRIBUTING Rename 'Readme.txt' to 'README.rst', format the documentation as reStructuredText, and modernize the content. Also add a new 'CONTRIBUTING.rst' explaining the preferred entry path for new contributors. --- CONTRIBUTING.rst | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) create mode 100644 CONTRIBUTING.rst (limited to 'CONTRIBUTING.rst') diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2ebe9b62ec --- /dev/null +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +Contributing to CMake +********************* + +Community +========= + +The preferred entry point for new contributors is the mailing list. +Please subscribe and post to the `CMake Developers List`_ to offer +contributions. Regular and productive contributors may be invited +to gain direct push access. + +.. _`CMake Developers List`: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers + +Patches +======= + +Please base all new work on the ``master`` branch. Then use +``git format-patch`` to produce patches suitable to post to +the mailing list. + +License +======= + +We do not require any formal copyright assignment or contributor license +agreement. Any contributions intentionally sent upstream are presumed +to be offerred under terms of the OSI-approved BSD 3-clause License. +See `Copyright.txt`_ for details. + +.. _`Copyright.txt`: Copyright.txt -- cgit v1.2.1