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Contributing Guidelines

(See http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/devel/packages for overall format and construction)

All packages you commit or submit by pull-request should follow these simple guidelines:

  • Package a version which is still maintained by the upstream author.
  • Will be updated regularly to maintained and supported versions.
  • Have no dependencies outside the OpenWrt core packages or this repository feed.
  • Have been tested to compile with the correct includes and dependencies. Also, test with "Compile with full language support" found under "General Build Settings" set.
  • Best of all -- it works as expected!

Makefile contents should contain:

  • An up-to-date copyright notice. Use OpenWrt if no other present or supply your own.
  • A (PKG_)MAINTAINER definition listing either yourself or another person in the field.
    (E.g.: PKG_MAINTAINER:= Joe D. Hacker <jdh@jdhs-email-provider.org>)
  • A PKG_LICENSE tag declaring the main license of the package. (E.g.: PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0+) Please use SPDX identifiers if possible (see list at the bottom).
  • An optional PKG_LICENSE_FILE including the filename of the license-file in the source-package. (E.g.: PKG_LICENSE_FILE:=COPYING)

Commits and pull-requests:

If you have commit access:

  • Do NOT use git push --force.
  • Do NOT commit to other maintainer's packages without their consent.
  • Use Pull Requests if you are unsure and to suggest changes to other maintainers.

Gaining commit access:

  • We will gladly grant commit access to responsible contributors who have made useful pull requests and / or feedback or patches to this repository or OpenWrt in general. Please include your request for commit access in your next pull request or ticket.

Release Branches:

  • Branches named "for-XX.YY" (e.g. for-14.07) are release branches.
  • These branches are built with the respective OpenWrt release and are created during the release stabilisation phase.
  • Please ONLY cherry-pick or commit security and bug-fixes to these branches.
  • Do NOT add new packages and do NOT do major upgrades of packages here.
  • If you are unsure if your change is suitable, please use a pull request.

####Common LICENSE tags (short list)
(Complete list can be found at: http://spdx.org/licenses)

Full Name Identifier
Apache License 1.0 Apache-1.0
Apache License 1.1 Apache-1.1
Apache License 2.0 Apache-2.0
Artistic License 1.0 Artistic-1.0
Artistic License 1.0 (Perl) Artistic-1.0-Perl
Artistic License 1.0 w/clause 8 Artistic-1.0-cl8
Artistic License 2.0 Artistic-2.0
BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License BSD-2-Clause
BSD 2-clause FreeBSD License BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD
BSD 2-clause NetBSD License BSD-2-Clause-NetBSD
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License BSD-3-Clause
BSD 3-clause Clear License BSD-3-Clause-Clear
BSD 4-clause "Original" or "Old" License BSD-4-Clause
BSD Protection License BSD-Protection
BSD with attribution BSD-3-Clause-Attribution
BSD-4-Clause (University of California-Specific) BSD-4-Clause-UC
GNU General Public License v1.0 only GPL-1.0
GNU General Public License v1.0 or later GPL-1.0+
GNU General Public License v2.0 only GPL-2.0
GNU General Public License v2.0 or later GPL-2.0+
GNU General Public License v3.0 only GPL-3.0
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GPL-3.0+
GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only LGPL-2.1
GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later LGPL-2.1+
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only LGPL-3.0
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later LGPL-3.0+
GNU Library General Public License v2 only LGPL-2.0
GNU Library General Public License v2 or later LGPL-2.0+
Fair License Fair
ISC License ISC
MIT License MIT
No Limit Public License NLPL
OpenSSL License OpenSSL
X11 License X11
zlib License Zlib