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AUTHORS.rst

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+*******
+Authors
+*******
+
+
+History
+=======
+
+The development of the DFTB+ package started 2004 at the University of Paderborn
+and was continued later as a joint project between the University of Bremen
+(Germany) and the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, UK). Since 2017 the
+project is an open source project.
+
+
+People
+======
+
+The DFTB+ development is being lead and coordinated by:
+
+* Bálint Aradi (University of Bremen, Germany)
+
+* Ben Hourahine (University of Strathclyde, UK)
+
+
+The following people (in alphabetic order by their family names) have
+contributed to DFTB+ :
+
+* Adriel Garcia Dominguez (Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics
+  of Matter, Germany)
+
+* Thomas Niehaus (University of Lyon, France)

CONTRIBUTING.rst

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+**************************
+Contributing code to DFTB+
+**************************
+
+DFTB+ is an open source project, and everyone is welcome to contribute
+improvements and extensions, provided they are willing to provide their
+contributions under the same license as DFTB+ itself.
+
+
+How to contribute
+=================
+
+The preferred method is to fork the project on `github
+<https://github.com/dftbplus/dftbplus/>`_), make your changes and then create a
+pull request. Your changes should be based on the **devel** branch, not the
+master. Before you start, please familiarise yourself with our developers guide
+`<http://dftbplus-develguide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_ to understand our git
+workflow and style conventions.
+
+
+Attribution
+===========
+
+Every contributor is welcome to be listed in the `AUTHORS.rst` file. List
+yourself by including a change to `AUTHORS.rst` in your pull
+request. Contributors should be ordered alphabetically by their family name.
+
+
+Developer certificate of origin
+===============================
+
+When you contribute to the project, your contribution must align with the
+`Developer Certificate of Origin
+<https://developercertificate.org/>`_::
+
+    Developer Certificate of Origin
+    Version 1.1
+
+    Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors.
+    1 Letterman Drive
+    Suite D4700
+    San Francisco, CA, 94129
+
+    Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
+    license document, but changing it is not allowed.
+
+
+    Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
+
+    By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
+
+    (a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
+        have the right to submit it under the open source license
+        indicated in the file; or
+
+    (b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
+        of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
+        license and I have the right under that license to submit that
+        work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
+        by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
+        permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
+        in the file; or
+
+    (c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
+        person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
+        it.
+
+    (d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
+        are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
+        personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
+        maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
+        this project or the open source license(s) involved.
+
+
+By issuing a pull request or contributing code in any other ways to the project,
+you explicitly declare that your contribution is in accordance with the
+Developer's Certificate of Origin as described above.
+
+Please, also make sure, that all of your git commits contain your real name and
+email address; pseudonyms and anonymous contributions unfortunately can not be
+accepted.