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diff --git a/contributing.rst b/contributing.rst index 5ab7f095b..d98d5b98f 100644 --- a/contributing.rst +++ b/contributing.rst @@ -50,19 +50,19 @@ Making Changes other in-source documentation needs updating. - Ensure that each changed file has the correct copyright and license information. Files that entirely consist of contributions to this - project should have the copyright notice and BSD-3-Clause SPDX license - identifier as shown in `license.rst`_. Files that contain - changes to imported Third Party IP should contain a notice as follows, - with the original copyright and license text retained: + project should have a copyright notice and BSD-3-Clause SPDX license + identifier of the form as shown in `license.rst`_. Files that contain + changes to imported Third Party IP files should retain their original + copyright and license notices. For significant contributions you may + add your own copyright notice in following format: :: - Portions copyright (c) [XXXX-]YYYY, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved. + Portions copyright (c) [XXXX-]YYYY, <OWNER>. All rights reserved. where XXXX is the year of first contribution (if different to YYYY) and - YYYY is the year of most recent contribution. - - If not done previously, you may add your name or your company name to - the `Acknowledgements`_ file. + YYYY is the year of most recent contribution. <OWNER> is your name or + your company name. - If you are submitting new files that you intend to be the technical sub-maintainer for (for example, a new platform port), then also update the `Maintainers`_ file. |