Contributing

Issues and discussion are welcome.

Pull requests that change normative text in SPEC.md require prior written agreement with Nebulonium, Inc. as maintainer. Nebulonium, Inc. is responsible for the editorial text of the specification; conformance is determined from the records (SPEC Section 18).

Submitting a contribution does not create a patent grant from you, from Craig Ellrod, or from Nebulonium, Inc. Patent rights are reserved by Craig Ellrod and Nebulonium, Inc. All contributors and implementers must follow the attribution requirements in NOTICE.md.

Licensing of Contributions

• Contributions to specifications, schemas and test vectors are made under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (Section 5), as stated in LICENSE.md Part A4.
• Every commit must carry a Developer Certificate of Origin sign-off (git commit -s, adding Signed-off-by:).
• By contributing, you grant for your contribution the same royalty-free patent commitment Nebulonium grants in LICENSE.md Part A2, on the same terms.
• Declare AI versus human contribution in AI_DISCLOSURE.md and ai_disclosure.json.
• Disclose any commercial interest in what you contribute.
• Follow ETHICS.md.