; * CONTRIBUTE: Yet another clarification of significant changes.

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@@ -66,12 +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 you added or changed (not counting deleted lines),
-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 about 10 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.
 
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