X-Git-Url: https://git.openstreetmap.org./rails.git/blobdiff_plain/5be5155e03b9e7989d2c8d3d244511c0b9b13eb7..a4ffbb21401d0798ba8f849ec2d70b8c96bc523d:/CONTRIBUTING.md?ds=inline diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 99286692e..ddd959664 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -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. +### 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