From 2fac7a43842f186a507a176ee40a0ed5d25a3da4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andy Allan Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2023 16:43:54 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document the procedure to change the copyright attribution page This comes up every now and then, and so let's have the existing procedure documented. --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) 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 -- 2.39.5