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authorantirez <antirez@gmail.com>2012-11-08 18:43:20 +0100
committerantirez <antirez@gmail.com>2012-11-08 18:43:37 +0100
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parentd288ee655fef467a7c1f14a13af9485f5c0c0862 (diff)
downloadredis-8e30092f0670f153536f8699f467634d8a6b6a38.tar.gz
Make clear that contributing code to the Redis project means to release it under the terms of the BSD license.
-rw-r--r--CONTRIBUTING6
-rw-r--r--README12
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING b/CONTRIBUTING
index 1ecd13945..17078749d 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Note: by contributing code to the Redis project in any form, including sending
+a pull request via Github, a code fragment or patch via private email or
+public discussion groups, you agree to release your code under the terms
+of the BSD license that you can find in the COPYING file included in the Redis
+source distribution.
+
# IMPORTANT: HOW TO USE REDIS GITHUB ISSUES
* Github issues SHOULD ONLY BE USED to report bugs, and for DETAILED feature
diff --git a/README b/README
index 1c3f57467..51152342a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -128,4 +128,16 @@ system reboots.
You'll be able to stop and start Redis using the script named
/etc/init.d/redis_<portnumber>, for instance /etc/init.d/redis_6379.
+Code contributions
+---
+
+Note: by contributing code to the Redis project in any form, including sending
+a pull request via Github, a code fragment or patch via private email or
+public discussion groups, you agree to release your code under the terms
+of the BSD license that you can find in the COPYING file included in the Redis
+source distribution.
+
+Please see the CONTRIBUTING file in this source distribution for more
+information.
+
Enjoy!