From 36ef885f2ddc00cd9358f062ee62b9c8417fb3c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Haelwenn Monnier Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:03:43 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] CONTRIBUTING: Update license name to AGPLv3 (#3611) No code modified so no tests needed ### Pull Request Checklist * [x] I have added Go unit tests or [Complement integration tests](https://github.com/matrix-org/complement) for this PR _or_ I have justified why this PR doesn't need tests * [x] Pull request includes a [sign off below](https://element-hq.github.io/dendrite/development/contributing#sign-off) _or_ I have already signed off privately Signed-off-by: Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier --------- Signed-off-by: Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier Co-authored-by: Kegan Dougal <7190048+kegsay@users.noreply.github.com> --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 02842440..1b2e0175 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This is the repository for Dendrite, a second-generation Matrix homeserver writt We ask that everybody who contributes to this project signs off their contributions, as explained below. -We follow a simple 'inbound=outbound' model for contributions: the act of submitting an 'inbound' contribution means that the contributor agrees to license their contribution under the same terms as the project's overall 'outbound' license - in our case, this is Apache Software License v2 (see [LICENSE](./LICENSE)). +We follow a simple 'inbound=outbound' model for contributions: the act of submitting an 'inbound' contribution means that the contributor agrees to license their contribution under the same terms as the project's overall 'outbound' license - in our case, this is GNU Affero General Public License v3 (see [LICENSE](./LICENSE)). Like many open source projects, we ask that you all sign our Contributor License Agreement before we can accept your contribution. In order to have a concrete record that your contribution is intentional and you agree to license it under the same terms as the project's license, we've adopted the same lightweight approach used by the [Linux Kernel](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html), [Docker](https://github.com/docker/docker/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md), and many other projects: the [Developer Certificate of Origin](https://developercertificate.org/) (DCO). This is a simple declaration that you wrote the contribution or otherwise have the right to contribute it to Matrix: