## Contributor guide

The SOAFEE project is open for external contributors and welcomes contributions
licensed under the [MIT license](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html) and all
accepted contributions must have the same license.

Any documentation contributions are to be made under the [Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 International License](https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-4.0.html)
and all accepted contributions must have the same license.

## Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO)

Before the SOAFEE project accepts your contribution, you need to certify its
origin and give us your permission. To manage this process we use a [Developer
Certificate of Origin (DCO) V1.1](https://developercertificate.org/).

To indicate that you agree to the the terms of the DCO, you "sign off" your
contribution by adding a line with your name and e-mail address to every git
commit message:

````bash
Signed-off-by: John Doe john.doe@example.org
````

You must use your real name, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions are
accepted.

## Releases

Official SOAFEE releases are published through the official SOAFEE GitLab
repository.

## Development repository

The SOAFEE development repository is hosted at https://gitlab.arm.com/soafee by
Arm.

## Communications

We encourage developers who are interested in SOAFEE to communicate through the
gitlab instance provided, or other community agreed mechanisms.