Please contribute! But make sure you agree to the licence (both for the software and for the specification). Links to both can be found here:
Below is a reverse-chronological log of changes to this policy.
Per the January 2022 newsletter, here's the licenses you need to agree to in order to do much of anything with the bits found in this repository:
- The Apache License 2.0 for software.
- The Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 for the specification.
One thing I'll add: we also need to consider the IETF's RFC 8179. Do not try to interject stealth patents into this specification.
Please agree to the license for this repository before contributing:
We need to solve a few things before accepting serious contributions:
- Copyright: what license will the reference implementation be under? Probably MIT, but there's at least a couple of scenarios where @robla could imagine Apache of even AGPL to be more appropriate.
- Copyright assignment: do we need this?
- Patent policy: do we need to make sure we aren't subject to stealth patenting of our work here?