From 5b13a77ba3c89a304ac9f3411c7121d38554a6c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ulrich Bauer Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 14:49:11 +0200 Subject: added and explained CONTRIBUTING.txt --- CONTRIBUTING.txt | 9 +++++++++ README.md | 2 +- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 CONTRIBUTING.txt diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.txt b/CONTRIBUTING.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d17de40 --- /dev/null +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.txt @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +You are under no obligation whatsoever to provide any bug fixes, patches, or +upgrades to the features, functionality or performance of the source code +("Enhancements") to anyone; however, if you choose to make your Enhancements +available either publicly, or directly to the author of this software, without +imposing a separate written license agreement for such Enhancements, then you +hereby grant the following license: a non-exclusive, royalty-free perpetual +license to install, use, modify, prepare derivative works, incorporate into +other computer software, distribute, and sublicense such enhancements or +derivative works thereof, in binary and source code form. diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6a7acf1..cdf6db1 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Prototype implementations are already avaliable; please contact the author if on ### License -Ripser is licensed under the [MIT] license. Please contact the author if you want to use Ripser in your software under a different license. +Ripser is licensed under the [MIT] license (`COPYING.txt`), with an extra clause (`CONTRIBUTING.txt`) clarifying the license for modifications released without an explicit written license agreement. Please contact the author if you want to use Ripser in your software under a different license. [Ulrich Bauer]: [live.ripser.org]: -- cgit v1.2.3