that the project documents on its web page. If the process is\r
not documented, then submit the code on development email list\r
for the project.\r
+5. It is preferred that contributions are submitted using the same\r
+ copyright license as the base project. When that is not possible,\r
+ then contributions using the following licenses can be accepted:\r
+ * BSD (2-clause): http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause\r
+ * BSD (3-clause): http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause\r
+ * MIT: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT\r
+ * Python-2.0: http://opensource.org/licenses/Python-2.0\r
+ * Zlib: http://opensource.org/licenses/Zlib\r
\r
-=======================================\r
-= Change Description / Commit Message =\r
-=======================================\r
+ Contributions of code put into the public domain can also be\r
+ accepted.\r
+\r
+ Contributions using other licenses might be accepted, but further\r
+ review will be required.\r
+\r
+=====================================================\r
+= Change Description / Commit Message / Patch Email =\r
+=====================================================\r
\r
Your change description should use the standard format for a\r
commit message, and must include your "Signed-off-by" signature\r
\r
== Sample Change Description / Commit Message =\r
\r
-=== Definitions for sample change description ===\r
+=== Start of sample patch email message ===\r
+\r
+From: Contributor Name <contributor@example.com>\r
+Subject: [PATCH] CodeModule: Brief-single-line-summary\r
+\r
+Full-commit-message\r
+\r
+Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0\r
+Signed-off-by: Contributor Name <contributor@example.com>\r
+---\r
+\r
+An extra message for the patch email which will not be considered part\r
+of the commit message can be added here.\r
+\r
+Patch content inline or attached\r
+\r
+=== End of sample patch email message ===\r
+\r
+=== Notes for sample patch email ===\r
+\r
+* The first line of commit message is taken from the email's subject\r
+ line following [PATCH]. The remaining portion of the commit message\r
+ is the email's content until the '---' line.\r
+* git format-patch is one way to create this format\r
+\r
+=== Definitions for sample patch email ===\r
\r
* "CodeModule" is a short idenfier for the affected code. For\r
example MdePkg, or MdeModulePkg UsbBusDxe.\r
* "Signed-off-by" is the contributor's signature identifying them\r
by their real/legal name and their email address.\r
\r
-=== Start of sample change description / commit message ===\r
-CodeModule: Brief-single-line-summary\r
-\r
-Full-commit-message\r
-\r
-Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0\r
-Signed-off-by: Contributor Name <contributor@email.server>\r
-=== End of sample change description / commit message ===\r
-\r
========================================\r
= TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0 =\r
========================================\r