Contributions Policy - Revision history

Ubit: /* Code added to core can be changed by anybody */

2019-12-01T13:14:22Z

‎Code added to core can be changed by anybody

Ubit: /* We are a multi-platform project */

2019-12-01T13:10:09Z

‎We are a multi-platform project

Ubit: /* We are a multi-platform project */

2019-12-01T13:09:34Z

‎We are a multi-platform project

Ubit: /* This is a project in permanent evolution */

2019-12-01T13:07:10Z

‎This is a project in permanent evolution

Ubit at 13:05, 1 December 2019

2019-12-01T13:05:38Z

Ubit: /* This is a young project */

2019-12-01T13:04:03Z

‎This is a young project

Justincc: Remove CLA requirement as this is going away

2015-08-09T18:35:41Z

Remove CLA requirement as this is going away

Justincc: /* OpenSimulator Core Values */

2014-03-20T23:19:14Z

‎OpenSimulator Core Values

Justincc: Add value about preserving existing content, from recent core discussions.

2014-03-20T23:09:19Z

Add value about preserving existing content, from recent core discussions.

Justincc: change first value to remove alpha text

2014-03-20T23:01:33Z

change first value to remove alpha text

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 ====Code added to core can be changed by anybody====
-Code added to core becomes fair game for other developers to change, to make it more useful to everybody, to improve it, to fix bugs, to eliminate duplication or for any other of the usual open-source reasons.
+Code submited to core becomes fair game for other developers to change, to make it more useful to everybody, to improve it, to fix bugs, to eliminate duplication or for any other of the usual open-source reasons.
 == OpenSimulator Licensing ==

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 ====We are a multi-platform project====
-This means we will go to lengths to avoid bringing in new technologies that would provide thresholds for installing and using the code on different environments. The default configuration should always be build- and runnable on checkout, provided you are on a c# .net/mono environment with built tools. Other technologies than those can be provided, but will not be guaranteed not to break at any given time.
+This means we will go to lengths to avoid bringing in new technologies that would provide thresholds for installing and using the code on different environments. The default configuration should always be build- and runnable on checkout, provided you are on a c# .net/mono environment with build tools. Other technologies than those can be provided, but will not be guaranteed not to break at any given time.
 Codewise, we're trying to move towards looser coupling and better code reuse - and to separate the code into a 'framework' layer, a 'service' layer and an 'application' layer; the framework layer defines all base classes and interfaces, the service layer provide networked and persistent implementations of those, and the application layer provides configuration logic and executables.

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 ====We are a multi-platform project====
-This means we will go to lengths to avoid bringing in new technologies that would provide thresholds for installing and using the code on different environments. The default configuration should always be build- and runnable on checkout, provided you are on a c# .net/mono environment with either vs build or nant. Other technologies than those can be provided, but will not be guaranteed not to break at any given time.
+This means we will go to lengths to avoid bringing in new technologies that would provide thresholds for installing and using the code on different environments. The default configuration should always be build- and runnable on checkout, provided you are on a c# .net/mono environment with built tools. Other technologies than those can be provided, but will not be guaranteed not to break at any given time.
 Codewise, we're trying to move towards looser coupling and better code reuse - and to separate the code into a 'framework' layer, a 'service' layer and an 'application' layer; the framework layer defines all base classes and interfaces, the service layer provide networked and persistent implementations of those, and the application layer provides configuration logic and executables.

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 This means that any given patch, fix or feature is very much up to whether somebody thinks it fun, worthwile or would pay good money for it.
-====This is a young project====
+====This is a  is a project in permanent evolution====
-Many architectural changes have taken place in OpenSimulator's short lifetime, so there are still lots of tangly and bushy remnants of old ways of doing stuff.
+Many architectural changes have taken place in OpenSimulator's lifetime, so there are still lots of tangly and bushy remnants of old ways of doing stuff.
 ====Sometimes the code is the documentation====

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 Many architectural changes have taken place in OpenSimulator's short lifetime, so there are still lots of tangly and bushy remnants of old ways of doing stuff.
 ====Sometimes the code is the documentation====
 We try to make the code as simple, strightforward and readable as possible.

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	So, you're thinking of contributing? Great! In order to make your ride as smooth as possible, here's listing some of this projects guiding principles:		So, you're thinking of contributing? Great! In order to make your ride as smooth as possible, here's listing some of this projects guiding principles:
−
−	~~====This is a young project ====~~
−	~~This means that we value simple and naive solutions over efficiency - we will optimize but first we need to get the basics right.~~

	====This is a 3D application platform, ''not a Second Life wannabe world simulator''====		====This is a 3D application platform, ''not a Second Life wannabe world simulator''====

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 == OpenSimulator Licensing ==
-To make sure that the [http://overte.org Overte Foundation] (which distributes the OpenSimulator project) can accept your contribution and continue to distribute the OpenSimulator materials under the most free license possible, any contributions to OpenSimulator need to follow the following licensing conditions:
+OpenSimulator code, and hence all contributions, must be licensed under the BSD as shown below.  If your patch creates new code files they must have the BSD license header as shown below.
-−
-* If you are contributing
-** A completely new feature (i.e. not a small amount of code which adds a minor capability to an existing feature).
-** Any other change of more than 100 lines of new code.
-−
-Then we will need you to submit a completed '''[http://www.overte.org/contribution-agreement.html Contribution Agreement]''' to the Overte foundation.  This makes a formal declaration of agreement to the conditions listed on this page.  If you have any questions on this please read the [http://www.overte.org/faq.html FAQ] and if this doesn't answer them, post the question to the OpenSimulator developer's [[Mailing Lists|mailing list]].
-−
-The agreement isn't required if the patch is less than 100 lines and does not implement a completely new feature.  Bug fixes, implementations of existing LSL functions and implementations of missing parts of existing OpenSimulator features do not count as new features.  However, if you're regularly contributing such patches to OpenSimulator then seriously consider submitting an agreement - all core developers and many patch contributors have done so.
-−
-The mantis handles of people who have submitted agreements may be posted publicly.  However, all other personal information will not be posted.
-−
-Intellectual property sublicenses granted under this agreement will be provided to all entities downloading OpenSimulator via the [[IP Rights Grant]].
-−
-* Your contribution is either wholly your own, or if it contains third party materials, they are licensed in a manner compatible with the OpenSimulator project. If you rely on third party contributions, acknowledge them and include a copy of the license conditions for those components if they differ from the OpenSimulator project license. We cannot accept virally licensed code unless there is a specific F/OSS exemption for BSD-licensed projects.
-−
-* You accept whole liability for any contributions you make for inclusion of third party intellectual property, in the jurisdiction of both yourself, and where the servers are located (United States). If you are unsure about the licensing conditions for a piece of source, do not include it and work around it. If you have a problem here, ask the rest of the developers as they may be able to help.
-−
-* If you have any patent claims over your contribution, then you grant the Overte Foundation a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free, irrevocable patent license, with the right to sublicense these rights to multiple tiers of sublicensees.  If any entity institutes patent litigation against you over that contribution or over OpenSimulator if it includes that contribution then the patent license that you granted to that entity is terminated.
-−
-* You have not copied source code from the GPL or LGPL licensed sections of the Second Life viewer to submit your contribution.  This includes other viewers (e.g. Hippo Viewer, Imprudence, Firestorm) derived from that codebase.
-−
-* You submit your contribution to the repository under the BSD license below.
 ===OpenSimulator BSD License===

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	If backwards compatibility can't be preserved, then the associated changes must have agreement from all the core developers concerned.		If backwards compatibility can't be preserved, then the associated changes must have agreement from all the core developers concerned.
		+
		+	====Core functionality must be useful to more than one person/group====
		+	Features added to core can't be just for the benefit of one person or group, since they place a maintenance burden on everybody else. Features that are added should have enough documentation to make them useful to other people.
		+
		+	====Code added to core can be changed by anybody====
		+	Code added to core becomes fair game for other developers to change, to make it more useful to everybody, to improve it, to fix bugs, to eliminate duplication or for any other of the usual open-source reasons.

	== OpenSimulator Licensing ==		== OpenSimulator Licensing ==

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 ====Incremental Improvements over Profound Rewriting ====
 "We don't usually do profound refactorings, as it destabilizes the project and the community. We prefer incremental improvements. But profound refactorings have happened before. If you have a concrete refactoring you want to suggest, please do so." ([http://opensimulator.org/mantis/view.php?id=5512 mantis #5512])
 == OpenSimulator Licensing ==

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 So, you're thinking of contributing? Great! In order to make your ride as smooth as possible, here's listing some of this projects guiding principles:
-====This is an early alpha experimental project====
+====This is a young project ====
 This means that we value simple and naive solutions over efficiency - we will optimize but first we need to get the basics right.
 ====This is a 3D application platform, ''not a Second Life wannabe world simulator''====