[Qgis-developer] Fwd: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] How not to suck at github - handling drive by commits

[Nathan Woodrow]

Good idea. I like it.
On May 19, 2014 7:08 PM, "Paolo Cavallini" <cavallini at faunalia.it> wrote:

> Hi all.
> Why not adding a CONTRIBUTING.md file, following the suggestions from Jody?
> All the best.
>
>
> -------- Messaggio originale --------
> Oggetto:        Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] How not to suck at github - handling
> drive by commits
> Data:   Fri, 16 May 2014 13:02:11 -0700
> Mittente:       Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> A:      OSGeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
>
>
>
> Here is a description on how to use
> CONTRIBUTING.md https://github.com/blog/1184-contributing-guidelines
>
> Jody Garnett
>
>
> On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 12:48 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com
> <mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I have mentioned this in email/blog posts, but with the recent
> discussion on
>     GitHub I would like to send a reminder.
>
>     If your project is operating on GitHub please include anÂ
> CONTRIBUTING.md file.
>     This link will provided on the pull-request page for potential
> contributors.
>
>     Here are some examples:
>
>     - https://github.com/geotools/geotools/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
>     - https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
>
>     GitHub provides excellent documentation (the reason uDig migrated for
> Gitourious)
>     and the fork/pull-request workflow makes "drive by commits" very easy.
> This
>     CONTRIBUTIONS.md gives your team a chance to communicate any terms
> (include a
>     test case, sign a contribution agreement) clear.
>
>     Many of us are comfortable with open source as a user, understanding
> the
>     difference between GPL and BSD for example. The outline the terms for
> users of
>     the software. There is a second level of open source licenses
> outlining the terms
>     the project team requires when accepting contributions back into the
> "core" codebase.
>
>     For an example "Apache Style" contributor license agreements are
> available for
>     OSGeo Projects here:Â
> http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/legal/licenses.html
>
>     --
>     Jody Garnett
>
>
>
>
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