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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTE b/CONTRIBUTE index 9f0d9e7e164..b7d72f9965e 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTE +++ b/CONTRIBUTE @@ -66,12 +66,15 @@ more reliably, and makes the job of applying the patches easier and less error-prone. It also allows sending patches whose author is someone other than the email sender. -Once the cumulative amount of your submissions exceeds about 15 lines -of non-trivial code you added or changed (not counting deleted lines), -we will need you to assign to the FSF the copyright for your -contributions. Ask on emacs-devel@gnu.org, and we will send you the -necessary form together with the instructions to fill and email it, in -order to start this legal paperwork. +Once the cumulative amount of your submissions exceeds about 10 lines +of non-trivial changes, we will need you to assign to the FSF the +copyright for your contributions. (To see how many lines were +non-trivially changed, count only added and modified lines in the +patched code. Consider an added or changed line non-trivial if it +includes at least one identifier, string, or substantial comment.) +Ask on emacs-devel@gnu.org, and we will send you the necessary form +together with the instructions to fill and email it, in order to start +this legal paperwork. ** Issue tracker (a.k.a. "bug tracker") |