From 0ff25728a42814dd0c0eb98528c7a5d7213b1e3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Romain Quetiez Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 09:58:17 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update CONTRIBUTING.md Clarify the copyright ownership --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index d44705b41..58439dd8f 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -27,11 +27,14 @@ If you have an idea you're sure would benefit to all of iTop users, you may [create a corresponding ticket](https://sourceforge.net/p/itop/tickets/new/) to submit it, but be warned that there are lots of good reasons to refuse such changes. -### 📄 License +### 📄 License and copyright iTop is distributed under the AGPL-3.0 license (see the [license.txt] file), your code must comply with this license. -If you want to use another license, you may [create an extension][wiki new ext]. +Combodo has the copyright on each and every source file in the iTop repository: please do not modify the existing file copyrights. +Anyhow, you are encouraged to signal your contribution by the mean of `@author` annotations. + +If you want to use another license or keep the code ownership (copyright), you may [create an extension][wiki new ext]. [license.txt]: https://github.com/Combodo/iTop/blob/develop/license.txt [wiki new ext]: https://www.itophub.io/wiki/page?id=latest%3Acustomization%3Astart#by_writing_your_own_extension