[SyncEvolution] policy for contributions clarified

Hello! I discussed Intel's plans and guidelines for open source projects in more detail with our legal advisers and management. We came up with the following approach for accepting contributions. http://syncevolution.org/development "Contributions" The goal is to keep the number of copyright holders with claims to the code manageable. End of 2009, Patrick Ohly as the original author and Intel Corporation own the copyright of the code. We understand that signing over code ownership to a corporation and complicated contributor agreements are unpopular, so we accept contributions in several different ways: * For small patches, please submit them to Bugzilla and confirm that you accept the copyright waiver[1] by setting the corresponding checkmark. An email with an explicit reference to that waiver is also okay. * For larger or ongoing contributions, please sign one of the Linux Foundation license agreements[2]. * Finally, if none of these options are agreeable, we also accept optional parts in separate files (like database backends) under a compatible open source license, with the original copyright. Note that none of this changes your rights to use your own contributions for other purposes. I hope that this is liberal enough to not deter potential contributors. If so, let us know. [1] http://bugzilla.moblin.org/waiver.html [2] http://moblin.org/about-moblin/linux-foundation-license-agreements -- Best Regards, Patrick Ohly The content of this message is my personal opinion only and although I am an employee of Intel, the statements I make here in no way represent Intel's position on the issue, nor am I authorized to speak on behalf of Intel on this matter.