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@@ -79,6 +79,21 @@ database, and update the list of available keys manually.
 Adding or removing keys to this list is therefore discouraged, but contributions
 to the descriptive texts are welcome.
 
 Adding or removing keys to this list is therefore discouraged, but contributions
 to the descriptive texts are welcome.
 

+### Copyright attribution
+
+The list of attributions on the /copyright page is managed by the [OSMF Licensing
+Working Group (LWG)](https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licensing_Working_Group).
+
+If you want to add another attribution, or make changes to the text of an existing
+attribution, please follow these steps:
+
+* First, contact the LWG to discuss your proposed changes.
+* If the LWG approves, please create a pull request with your proposed changes.
+* Finally, please ask the LWG to formally approve the wording used in the pull request
+  (by having an LWG member comment on the PR).
+
+When we have formal confirmation from LWG, we can go ahead and merge the PR.
+

 ## Committing
 
 When you submit your changes, the project maintainers have to read them and
 ## Committing
 
 When you submit your changes, the project maintainers have to read them and