From: Zac Dover Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 10:38:20 +0000 (+1000) Subject: doc: edit README.md - contributing code X-Git-Tag: v17.2.7~177^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.apps.os.sepia.ceph.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5733163922fecdfbc727c43a37f2268f27402541;p=ceph.git doc: edit README.md - contributing code Edit the "Contributing Code" section of the "ceph/README.md" file. Signed-off-by: Zac Dover (cherry picked from commit 9433a3e62f7453926e4be2512639f94beb887a4c) --- diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 91fee7edb8102..fd57fd074ce70 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,23 +1,25 @@ # Ceph - a scalable distributed storage system -Please see http://ceph.com/ for current info. +See https://ceph.com/ for current information about Ceph. ## Contributing Code -Most of Ceph is dual licensed under the LGPL version 2.1 or 3.0. Some -miscellaneous code is under a BSD-style license or is public domain. -The documentation is licensed under Creative Commons -Attribution Share Alike 3.0 (CC-BY-SA-3.0). There are a handful of headers -included here that are licensed under the GPL. Please see the file -COPYING for a full inventory of licenses by file. +Most of Ceph is dual-licensed under the LGPL version 2.1 or 3.0. Some +miscellaneous code is either public domain or licensed under a BSD-style +license. -Code contributions must include a valid "Signed-off-by" acknowledging -the license for the modified or contributed file. Please see the file -SubmittingPatches.rst for details on what that means and on how to -generate and submit patches. +The Ceph documentation is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Share +Alike 3.0 (CC-BY-SA-3.0). -We do not require assignment of copyright to contribute code; code is +Some headers included in the `ceph/ceph` repository are licensed under the GPL. +See the file `COPYING` for a full inventory of licenses by file. + +All code contributions must include a valid "Signed-off-by" line. See the file +`SubmittingPatches.rst` for details on this and instructions on how to generate +and submit patches. + +Assignment of copyright is not required to contribute code. Code is contributed under the terms of the applicable license.