From 79ab84e31532cd3f2f1c3317a873568b6f1b34a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Francois Daoust Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 13:46:08 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update CONTRIBUTING.md to match template This refreshes links to the Patent Policy and license, and scopes participation requirement and licensing commitment to substantive contributions. Updated text matches the template at https://github.com/w3c/ash-nazg/blob/master/templates/WG-CONTRIBUTING-SW.md See also: https://github.com/w3c/webcodecs/pull/902 --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 33 ++++++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 8205a72..f892672 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -1,25 +1,24 @@ # Contributing -Contributions to this repository are intended to become part of Recommendation-track documents -governed by the [W3C Patent Policy](http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/) and -[Software and Document License](http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/copyright-software). To contribute, you must -either participate in the relevant W3C Working Group or make a non-member patent licensing - commitment. +Contributions to this repository are intended to become part of Recommendation-track documents governed by the +[W3C Patent Policy](https://www.w3.org/policies/patent-policy/) and +[Software and Document License](https://www.w3.org/copyright/software-license/). To make substantive contributions to specifications, you must either participate +in the relevant W3C Working Group or make a non-member patent licensing commitment. -If you are not the sole contributor to a contribution (pull request), please identify all -contributors in the pull request's body or in subsequent comments. +If you are not the sole contributor to a contribution (pull request), please identify all +contributors in the pull request comment. - To add a contributor (other than yourself, that's automatic), mark them one per line as follows: +To add a contributor (other than yourself, that's automatic), mark them one per line as follows: - ``` - +@github_username - ``` +``` ++@github_username +``` - If you added a contributor by mistake, you can remove them in a comment with: +If you added a contributor by mistake, you can remove them in a comment with: - ``` - -@github_username - ``` +``` +-@github_username +``` - If you are making a pull request on behalf of someone else but you had no part in designing the - feature, you can remove yourself with the above syntax. +If you are making a pull request on behalf of someone else but you had no part in designing the +feature, you can remove yourself with the above syntax.