From 2f54d0fbf28a43a70240ff95d41708deadae670d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Owen Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 11:58:06 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify contribution policy --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index a5b70f5cb..0d8a7aefb 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -1 +1,36 @@ -Contributions via GitHub pull requests are gladly accepted from their original author. Along with any pull requests, please state that the contribution is your original work and that you license the work to the project under the project's open source license. Whether or not you state this explicitly, by submitting any copyrighted material via pull request, email, or other means you agree to license the material under the project's open source license and warrant that you have the legal authority to do so. +## Contributing + +The project is in maintenance mode, meaning, changes are driven by contributed patches. +There is otherwise no active development or roadmap for this project. It is "DIY". + +Only proposed changes in the form of a pull request are likely to be acted on, but, +these will be acted on promptly. + +### Questions + +Questions should be asked on the mailing list: +https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/zxing + +### Feature Requests + +Feature requests are generally not accepted and may be closed if nobody acts on them. +Feature requests with a pull request may be accepted. When in doubt, discuss on the +mailing list first. + +### Bug Reports + +Bug reports must have enough detail to understand and reproduce the problem. Inadequate +bug reports will be closed with a request for more information. + +Bug reports without an associated pull request are not likely to be addressed, but will be +left open for some time to see if anyone can contribute a solution. However, bug reports +with a pull request are likely to be merged promptly. + +## Licensing + +Contributions via GitHub pull requests are gladly accepted from their original author. +Along with any pull requests, please state that the contribution is your original work and +that you license the work to the project under the project's open source license. +Whether or not you state this explicitly, by submitting any copyrighted material via +pull request, email, or other means you agree to license the material under the project's +open source license and warrant that you have the legal authority to do so.