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Contributing to this project
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This project accepts contributions. In order to contribute, you should
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pay attention to a few things:
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1 - your code must follow the coding style rules
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2 - the format of the submission must be email patches
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3 - your work must be signed
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Coding Style:
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The coding style follows the Linux kernel coding style.
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The coding style is defined in the 'CodingStyle' file, available in
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the directory 'Documentation' of the Linux kernel source tree.
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It can be accessed online too:
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http://lxr.linux.no/linux+v2.6.27/Documentation/CodingStyle
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Submitting Modifications:
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The contributions should be email patches. The guidelines are the same
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as the patch submission for the Linux kernel except for the DCO which
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is defined below. The guidelines are defined in the
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'SubmittingPatches' file, available in the directory 'Documentation'
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of the Linux kernel source tree.
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It can be accessed online too:
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http://lxr.linux.no/linux+v2.6.27/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
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You can submit your patches to the lxc-devel@lists.linuxcontainers.org mailing
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list. Use http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-devel to subscribe
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to the list.
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Licensing for new files:
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LXC is made of files shipped under a few different licenses.
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Anything that ends up being part of the LXC library needs to be released
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under LGPLv2.1+ or a license compatible with it (though the latter will
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only be accepted for cases where the code originated elsewhere and was
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imported into LXC).
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Language bindings for the libraries need to be released under LGPLv2.1+.
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Anything else (non-libaries) needs to be Free Software and needs to be
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allowed to link with LGPLv2.1+ code (if needed). LXC upstream prefers
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LGPLv2.1+ or GPLv2 for those.
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When introducing a new file into the project, please make sure it has a
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copyright header making clear under which license it's being released
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and if it doesn't match the criteria described above, please explain
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your decision on the lxc-devel mailing-list when submitting your patch.
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Developer Certificate of Origin:
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To improve tracking of contributions to this project we will use a
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process modeled on the modified DCO 1.1 and use a "sign-off" procedure
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on patches that are being emailed around or contributed in any other
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way.
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The sign-off is a simple line at the end of the explanation for the
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patch, which certifies that you wrote it or otherwise have the right
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to pass it on as an open-source patch. The rules are pretty simple:
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if you can certify the below:
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By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
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(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I have
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the right to submit it under the open source license indicated in
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the file; or
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(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best of
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my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source License
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and I have the right under that license to submit that work with
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modifications, whether created in whole or in part by me, under
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the same open source license (unless I am permitted to submit
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under a different license), as indicated in the file; or
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(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other person
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who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified it.
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(d) The contribution is made free of any other party's intellectual
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property claims or rights.
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(e) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution are
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public and that a record of the contribution (including all
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personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
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maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
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this project or the open source license(s) involved.
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then you just add a line saying
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Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@developer.org>
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using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.)
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