Signed-off-by: Stéphane Graber <stgra...@ubuntu.com> --- CONTRIBUTING | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING b/CONTRIBUTING index f6447c1..81edd3b 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING +++ b/CONTRIBUTING @@ -40,6 +40,30 @@ You can submit your patches to the lxc-devel@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list. Use https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxc-devel to subscribe to the list. + +Licensing for new files: +------------------------ + +LXC is made of files shipped under a few different licenses. + +Anything that ends up being part of the LXC library needs to be released +under LGPLv2.1+ or a license compatible with it (though the latter will +only be accepted for cases where the code originated elsewhere and was +imported into LXC). + +Language bindings for the libraries need to be released under LGPLv2.1+. + +Anything else (non-libaries) needs to be Free Software and needs to be +allowed to link with LGPLv2.1+ code (if needed). LXC upstream prefers +LGPLv2.1+ or GPLv2 for those. + + +When introducing a new file into the project, please make sure it has a +copyright header making clear under which license it's being released +and if it doesn't match the criteria described above, please explain +your decision on the lxc-devel mailing-list when submitting your patch. + + Developer Certificate of Origin: -------------------------------- -- 1.8.3.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58040911&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Lxc-devel mailing list Lxc-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxc-devel
