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diff --git a/doc/contribute.html b/doc/contribute.html index ef08493ee..1c9301d18 100644 --- a/doc/contribute.html +++ b/doc/contribute.html @@ -626,20 +626,36 @@ who “The Go Authors”—the copyright holders—are. </p> <p> -When sending your first change list, you should prepare -and send a separate change list adding yourself to -<code>CONTRIBUTORS</code> and adding -the copyright holder for your code to <code>AUTHORS</code> if not already listed. +When sending your first change list, you need to do two extra things before your +code can be accepted. +</p> +<ol> +<li> If you are the copyright holder, you will need to agree to -the <a href="http://code.google.com/legal/individual-cla-v1.0.html">individual contributor license agreement</a>, -which can be completed online; +the <a href="http://code.google.com/legal/individual-cla-v1.0.html">individual +contributor license agreement</a>, which can be completed online; if your organization is the copyright holder, the organization will need to agree to the <a href="http://code.google.com/legal/corporate-cla-v1.0.html">corporate contributor license agreement</a>. -If the copyright holder for your code has already completed the +(If the copyright holder for your code has already completed the agreement in connection with another Google open source project, -it does not need to be completed again. -One of the Go developers at Google will approve and submit -this change after checking the list of people/organizations -that have completed the agreement. +it does not need to be completed again.) +<li> +Send mail, or include information in the change list description, +notifying us how you should be represented in the <code>CONTRIBUTORS</code> +and <code>AUTHORS</code> files so we can add your information to +them. Specifically, tell us either that you've completed the +individual agreement or tell us the name of your organization once +it has completed the corporate agreement. One of the Go developers +at Google will add you to <code>CONTRIBUTORS</code> and, if +appropriate, <code>AUTHORS</code> after verifying that the agreement +has been completed. We will use the email address you use on +codereview.appspot.com as the email address in these files.</ol> +<p> +This rigamarole needs to be done only for your first submission. </p> +<p> +Once the code is ready to be committed, +one of the Go developers at Google will approve and submit +your change. +</p> |