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author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2021-02-19 08:36:56 -0800 |
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committer | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2021-02-19 08:36:56 -0800 |
commit | 1d50050af7f6cde7283d29cd79526bf1cd4a73ae (patch) | |
tree | e010861d80fe684c74141bdd9fc10f93c552fe0b /CONTRIBUTE | |
parent | 51d056b14136c3d479ccf949dafa0f3602e7ee2f (diff) | |
parent | 8e8b46ef818a5f94a9697dce1c49c6869d61deed (diff) | |
download | emacs-1d50050af7f6cde7283d29cd79526bf1cd4a73ae.tar.gz |
Merge from origin/emacs-27
8e8b46ef81 (origin/emacs-27) More accurate documentation of the "r" i...
dcb2015a5b Mention the GNU Kind Communications Guidelines in the FAQ
9882e63eea ; * CONTRIBUTE: Another wording change regarding tiny chan...
850f18ef23 Allow newlines in password prompts again in comint
c977370dd7 Avoid point movement when visiting image files
da64a257a4 ; * CONTRIBUTE: Yet another clarification of significant c...
d03f2a6ee9 Avoid assertion violation in callproc.c
dcc00bbb19 ; * CONTRIBUTE: Clarify the "15-lines" rule a bit more.
Diffstat (limited to 'CONTRIBUTE')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTE b/CONTRIBUTE index 9b2af9ccf13..bbf52628620 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTE +++ b/CONTRIBUTE @@ -66,11 +66,15 @@ more reliably, and makes the job of applying the patches easier and less error-prone. It also allows sending patches whose author is someone other than the email sender. -Once the cumulative amount of your submissions exceeds about 15 lines -of non-trivial code, we will need you to assign to the FSF the -copyright for your contributions. Ask on emacs-devel@gnu.org, and we -will send you the necessary form together with the instructions to -fill and email it, in order to start this legal paperwork. +Once the cumulative amount of your submissions exceeds a dozen or so +lines of non-trivial changes, we will need you to assign to the FSF +the copyright for your contributions. (To see how many lines were +non-trivially changed, count only added and modified lines in the +patched code. Consider an added or changed line non-trivial if it +includes at least one identifier, string, or substantial comment.) +Ask on emacs-devel@gnu.org, and we will send you the necessary form +together with the instructions to fill and email it, in order to start +this legal paperwork. ** Issue tracker (a.k.a. "bug tracker") |