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Contributing code to DFTB+

DFTB+ is an open source project, and everyone is welcome to contribute improvements and extensions, provided they are willing to provide their changes under the same license as DFTB+ itself.

How to contribute

The preferred method is to fork the project on github), make your changes and then create a pull request. Your changes should be based on the master branch. Before you start, please familiarise yourself with our developers guide http://dftbplus-develguide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ to understand our git workflow and style conventions.

Attribution

Every contributor is welcome to be listed in the AUTHORS.rst file. List yourself by including a change to AUTHORS.rst in your pull request. Contributors should be ordered alphabetically by their family name.

Developer certificate of origin

When you contribute to the project, your contribution must align with the Developer Certificate of Origin:

Developer Certificate of Origin
Version 1.1

Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors.
1 Letterman Drive
Suite D4700
San Francisco, CA, 94129

Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
license document, but changing it is not allowed.


Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1

By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:

(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
    have the right to submit it under the open source license
    indicated in the file; or

(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
    of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
    license and I have the right under that license to submit that
    work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
    by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
    permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
    in the file; or

(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
    person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
    it.

(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
    are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
    personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
    maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
    this project or the open source license(s) involved.

By issuing a pull request or contributing code in any other ways to the project, you explicitly declare that your contribution is in accordance with the Developer's Certificate of Origin as described above.

Please, also make sure, that all of your git commits contain your real name and email address; pseudonyms and anonymous contributions unfortunately can not be accepted.