commit: e35134d49e17fabf3495d79e531bf1b93cff6c3b
parent 3ab7c63f2f47f6b6ef52a61c94f1884595bc2e39
Author: Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier <contact@hacktivis.me>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:15:54 +0100
CONTRIBUTING.md: "other work" -> "third-party", immoral -> involved parties consent
Signed-off-by: Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier <contact@hacktivis.me>
X-Contrib-Policy: CONTRIBUTING.md 2026-03-07
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
## Contributing
-Last-Modified: 2026-03-07
+Last-Modified: 2026-03-12
### Policy
1. You confirm having full rights to submit the entirety of the work you're contributing under the license indicated for each file.
- 2. If any other work might have been included, even partially, credit is required.
+ 2. If any third-party work has been included, even partially, credit is required as well as following the license requirements.
Such as via it's copyright notice when applicable or otherwise via the `Co-Authored-By` trailer.
- 3. Operators of (semi-)automated software are held accountable. It must not be low-quality, spammy, or found immoral.
- Asking first is strongly recommended.
+ 3. Operators and users of (semi-)automated software are held accountable. It must not be low-quality, spammy, or breach involved parties consent.
+ As such asking first is strongly recommended.
Note: Machine Learning software such as Diffusion Models and LLMs fundamentally break this policy, as such use of them is effectively banned.
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Note: Machine Learning software such as Diffusion Models and LLMs fundamentally
Each commit must include the following trailers:
* `Signed-off-by` with a recognisable and public name and email
- * `X-Contrib-Policy: CONTRIBUTING.md 2026-03-07`
+ * `X-Contrib-Policy: CONTRIBUTING.md 2026-03-12`
Which can be automated with adding a script like this one to `.git/hooks/commit-msg`:
```
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ EMAIL=$(git config user.email)
git interpret-trailers --in-place --if-exists doNothing \
--trailer "Signed-off-by: $NAME <$EMAIL>" \
- --trailer "X-Contrib-Policy: CONTRIBUTING.md 2026-03-07" \
+ --trailer "X-Contrib-Policy: CONTRIBUTING.md 2026-03-12" \
"$1"
```
