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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTE b/CONTRIBUTE index 9b2af9ccf13..2d70c4916ca 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTE +++ b/CONTRIBUTE @@ -66,11 +66,18 @@ 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, 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 a dozen or so +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.) +In most cases, to start the assignment process you should download +https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/plain/doc/Copyright/request-assign.future +and return the completed information to the address at the top. +(There are other assignment options, but they are much less commonly used.) +If you have questions about the assignment process, you can ask the +address listed on the form, and/or emacs-devel@gnu.org. ** Issue tracker (a.k.a. "bug tracker") |