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howtocontribute [2016/04/02 23:08] dcvmoole [Contributing Patches] we prefer GitHub pull requests! |
howtocontribute [2016/04/02 23:21] (current) dcvmoole [Minix License] clarification |
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| Also see [[:DevelopersGuide:PortingGuide]]. | Also see [[:DevelopersGuide:PortingGuide]]. | ||
| - | ===== Minix License ===== | + | ===== MINIX License ===== |
| - | MINIX 3 is licensed under the BSD license, so we strongly prefer BSD-licensed contributions to our base system, drivers, and the like. If you are porting code to MINIX from another OS, please port BSD-licensed code. For instance, if you are porting a driver to MINIX, you might start with a FreeBSD or NetBSD driver. | + | MINIX 3 is licensed under the BSD license, so we //absolutely require// contributions to our base system, drivers, and the like, to be BSD-licensed. If you are porting code to MINIX from another OS, please port BSD-licensed code. For instance, if you are porting a driver to MINIX, you might start with a FreeBSD or NetBSD driver. There are a few exceptions in the MINIX3 base system, such as the external/ and gnu/ source tree subdirectories, which have their own rules in this regard. For example, any required GNU-licensed code must be downloaded on demand rather than be part of the actual base system. We follow NetBSD's lead here. In any case, the MINIX3 source code is to be free of license violations, and we will simply reject patches that introduce problems in that department. |
| - | The Minix 3 ports use the BSD license for port metadata (build scripts, etc.), but modifications to the original program should use the license of the ported program. | + | On that note: we assume that unless specified otherwise, code that is submitted to us has the proper license (i.e., is BSD-licensed or directly compatible). In other words, we will not require explicit copyright sign-over for as long as the project is not getting into trouble over this. This is a "good faith" assumption that keeps the wheels turning right now. |
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| + | The MINIX 3 ports use the BSD license for port metadata (build scripts, etc.), but modifications to the original program should use the license of the ported program. | ||
howtocontribute.txt · Last modified: 2016/04/02 23:21 by dcvmoole
