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33To contribute additions/changes:
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5- * Fork this repo
6- * Create a new branch ` git checkout -b my-changes `
7- * Commit your changes
8- * Create a pull request
9- * Agree to the BuildingSync Contribution Policy below
5+ - Fork this repo
6+ - Create a new branch ` git checkout -b my-changes `
7+ - Commit your changes
8+ - Create a pull request
9+ - Agree to the BuildingSync Contribution Policy below
1010
1111# BuildingSync® Contribution Policy
12- * Version 1.0*
1312
13+ _ Version 1.0_
1414
15- The BuildingSync® team welcomes your contribution to the project. You can contribute to BuildingSync
16- project in several ways: by using the software, reporting issues, contributing documentation, or
15+ The BuildingSync® team welcomes your contribution to the project. You can contribute to BuildingSync
16+ project in several ways: by using the software, reporting issues, contributing documentation, or
1717contributing code back to the project. The GitHub [ Contributing to Open Source] ( https://opensource.guide/how-to-contribute/ )
18- guide provides a good overview. If you contribute code, you agree that your contribution may be
18+ guide provides a good overview. If you contribute code, you agree that your contribution may be
1919incorporated into BuildingSync and made available under the BuildingSync license.
2020
2121The contribution process for BuildingSync is composed of three steps:
2222
23- 1. ** Send consent email**
24-
25- In order for us to distribute your code as part of BuildingSync under the BuildingSync
26- [ license] ( https://github.com/BuildingSync/schema/blob/develop/LICENSE.md ) , we’ll need
27- your consent. An email acknowledging understanding of these terms and agreeing to them is
28- all that will be asked of any contributor. Send an email to the BuildingSync project manager (see
29- below for the address) including the following text and a list of co-contributors (if any):
30-
31- * I agree to contribute to BuildingSync. I agree to the following terms and conditions for my
32- contributions: First, I agree that I am licensing the copyright to my contributions under
33- the terms of the current BuildingSync license. Second, I hereby grant to Alliance for Sustainable
34- Energy, LLC, to any successor manager and distributor of BuildingSync appointed by the U.S.
35- Department of Energy, and to all recipients of a version of BuildingSync that includes my
36- contributions, a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable patent license under
37- any patent claims owned by me, or owned by my employer and known to me, that are or will be,
38- necessarily infringed upon by my contributions alone, or by combination of my contributions
39- with the version of BuildingSync to which they are contributed, to make, have made, use, offer to
40- sell, sell, import, and otherwise transfer any version of BuildingSync that includes my
41- contributions, in source code and object code form. Third, I represent and warrant that I
42- am authorized to make the contributions and grant the foregoing license(s). Additionally,
43- if, to my knowledge, my employer has rights to intellectual property that covers my
44- contributions, I represent and warrant that I have received permission to make these
45- contributions and grant the foregoing license(s) on behalf of my employer.*
46-
47- Once we have your consent on file, you’ll only need to redo it if conditions change (e.g. a
48- change of employer).
49-
50-
51- 2. ** Scope agreement and timeline commitment**
52-
53- If your contribution is small (e.g. a bug fix), simply submit your contribution via GitHub.
54- If you find a bug, first make sure it is not an already known issue, then report it in the GitHub
55- [ issue tracker] ( https://github.com/BuildingSync/schema/issues ) for this repository. If your
56- contribution is larger (e.g. a new feature or new functionality/capability), we’ll need to evaluate
57- your proposed contribution first. To do that, we need a written description of why you wish to
58- contribute to BuildingSync, a detailed description of the project that you are proposing, the
59- precise functionalities that you plan to implement as part of the project, and a timeframe for
60- implementation (see [ here] [ buildingsync-proposal ] for the template contribution proposal document). After
61- we review your materials, we will schedule a meeting or conference call to discuss your
62- information in more detail. We may ask you to revise your materials and make changes to it,
63- which we will re-review. Before you do any work we must reach prior agreement and written
64- approval on project areas, scope, timeframe, expected contents, and functionalities to be
65- addressed.
23+ 1 . ** Send consent email**
24+
25+ In order for us to distribute your code as part of BuildingSync under the BuildingSync
26+
27+ [ license] ( https://github.com/BuildingSync/schema/blob/develop/LICENSE.md ) , we’ll need
28+ your consent. An email acknowledging understanding of these terms and agreeing to them is
29+ all that will be asked of any contributor. Send an email to the BuildingSync project manager (see
30+ below for the address) including the following text and a list of co-contributors (if any):
31+
32+ *I agree to contribute to BuildingSync. I agree to the following terms and conditions for my
33+
34+ contributions: First, I agree that I am licensing the copyright to my contributions under
35+ the terms of the current BuildingSync license. Second, I hereby grant to Alliance for Sustainable
36+ Energy, LLC, to any successor manager and distributor of BuildingSync appointed by the U.S.
37+ Department of Energy, and to all recipients of a version of BuildingSync that includes my
38+ contributions, a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable patent license under
39+ any patent claims owned by me, or owned by my employer and known to me, that are or will be,
40+ necessarily infringed upon by my contributions alone, or by combination of my contributions
41+ with the version of BuildingSync to which they are contributed, to make, have made, use, offer to
42+ sell, sell, import, and otherwise transfer any version of BuildingSync that includes my
43+ contributions, in source code and object code form. Third, I represent and warrant that I
44+ am authorized to make the contributions and grant the foregoing license(s). Additionally,
45+ if, to my knowledge, my employer has rights to intellectual property that covers my
46+ contributions, I represent and warrant that I have received permission to make these
47+ contributions and grant the foregoing license(s) on behalf of my employer.\*
48+
49+ Once we have your consent on file, you’ll only need to redo it if conditions change (e.g. a
50+
51+ change of employer).
52+
53+ 2 . ** Scope agreement and timeline commitment**
54+
55+ If your contribution is small (e.g. a bug fix), simply submit your contribution via GitHub.
56+
57+ If you find a bug, first make sure it is not an already known issue, then report it in the GitHub
58+ [ issue tracker] ( https://github.com/BuildingSync/schema/issues ) for this repository. If your
59+ contribution is larger (e.g. a new feature or new functionality/capability), we’ll need to evaluate
60+ your proposed contribution first. To do that, we need a written description of why you wish to
61+ contribute to BuildingSync, a detailed description of the project that you are proposing, the
62+ precise functionalities that you plan to implement as part of the project, and a timeframe for
63+ implementation (see [ here] [ buildingsync-proposal ] for the template contribution proposal document). After
64+ we review your materials, we will schedule a meeting or conference call to discuss your
65+ information in more detail. We may ask you to revise your materials and make changes to it,
66+ which we will re-review. Before you do any work we must reach prior agreement and written
67+ approval on project areas, scope, timeframe, expected contents, and functionalities to be
68+ addressed.
6669
67703 . ** Technical contribution process**
6871
69- We want BuildingSync to adhere to our established quality standards. As such, we ask that you follow
70- the information below. Smaller, non-code contributions may not require as much review as code contributions,
71- but all contributions will be reviewed. Code contributions will initially be in a source
72- control branch, and then will be merged into the official BuildingSync repository after review and
73- approval. Any bugs, either discovered by you, us, or any users will be tracked in our issue
74- tracker. We request you that you take full responsibility for correcting bugs. Be aware
75- that, unless notified otherwise, the correction of bugs takes precedence over the
76- submission or creation of new code.
77-
72+ We want BuildingSync to adhere to our established quality standards. As such, we ask that you follow
73+
74+ the information below. Smaller, non-code contributions may not require as much review as code contributions,
75+ but all contributions will be reviewed. Code contributions will initially be in a source
76+ control branch, and then will be merged into the official BuildingSync repository after review and
77+ approval. Any bugs, either discovered by you, us, or any users will be tracked in our issue
78+ tracker. We request you that you take full responsibility for correcting bugs. Be aware
79+ that, unless notified otherwise, the correction of bugs takes precedence over the
80+ submission or creation of new code.
81+
7882** Timeline** - We require that you align your contributions with the BuildingSync release schedule.
7983BuildingSync is currently released publicly two times a year (approximately on the last workday of
80- May and November). There are cutoff dates after which new contributions are not accepted for the
84+ May and November). There are cutoff dates after which new contributions are not accepted for the
8185upcoming release (approximately two weeks before release date).
8286
83- ** Code Reviews** - You will be working and testing your code in a source control branch. When a
84- piece of functionality is complete, tested and working, let us know and we will review your code.
85- If the functionality that you contributed is complex, we will ask you for a written design document
86- as well. We want your code to follow coding standards, be clear, readable and maintainable, and of
87- course it should do what it is supposed to do. We will look for errors, style issues, comments (or
88- lack thereof), and any other issues in your code. We will inform you of our comments and we expect
89- you to make the recommended changes. New re-reviews may be expected until the code complies with
87+ ** Code Reviews** - You will be working and testing your code in a source control branch. When a
88+ piece of functionality is complete, tested and working, let us know and we will review your code.
89+ If the functionality that you contributed is complex, we will ask you for a written design document
90+ as well. We want your code to follow coding standards, be clear, readable and maintainable, and of
91+ course it should do what it is supposed to do. We will look for errors, style issues, comments (or
92+ lack thereof), and any other issues in your code. We will inform you of our comments and we expect
93+ you to make the recommended changes. New re-reviews may be expected until the code complies with
9094our required processes.
9195
92- ** Unit Tests** - We ask that you supply unit tests along with the code that you have written, if applicable. A
93- unit test is a program that exercises your code in isolation to verify that it does what it is
94- supposed to do. Your unit tests are very important to us. First, they give an indication that your
95- code works according to its intended functionality. Second, we execute your unit tests
96+ ** Unit Tests** - We ask that you supply unit tests along with the code that you have written, if applicable. A
97+ unit test is a program that exercises your code in isolation to verify that it does what it is
98+ supposed to do. Your unit tests are very important to us. First, they give an indication that your
99+ code works according to its intended functionality. Second, we execute your unit tests
96100automatically along with our unit tests to verify that the overall BuildingSync code continues to work.
97101
98- ** Code Coverage** - We require that your unit tests provide an adequate coverage of the source code
99- you are submitting. You will need to design your unit tests in a way that all critical parts of
102+ ** Code Coverage** - We require that your unit tests provide an adequate coverage of the source code
103+ you are submitting. You will need to design your unit tests in a way that all critical parts of
100104the code (at least) are tested and verified.
101105
102- ** Documentation** - Proper documentation is crucial for our users, without it users will not know
103- how to use your contribution. We require that you create user documentation so that end users know
106+ ** Documentation** - Proper documentation is crucial for our users, without it users will not know
107+ how to use your contribution. We require that you create user documentation so that end users know
104108how to use your new functionality.
105109
106110For further questions or information:
@@ -109,15 +113,14 @@ For further questions or information:
109113  ;  ;  ;  ; BuildingSync Project Management<br />
110114  ;  ;  ;  ; luigi.gentile.polese@nrel.gov <br />
111115  ;  ;  ;  ; 303.275.4362<br />
112-
113- BuildingSync is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Building Technologies Office (BTO), and
116+
117+ BuildingSync is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Building Technologies Office (BTO), and
114118managed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
115119
116120BuildingSync is developed in collaboration with NREL, LBNL, and private firms.
117121
118122** Documents**
119-
120- [ BuildingSync_Contribution_Proposal_v1.0_2017-04-10.doc] [ buildingsync-proposal ]
121123
124+ [ BuildingSync_Contribution_Proposal_v1.0_2017-04-10.doc] [ buildingsync-proposal ]
122125
123126[ buildingsync-proposal ] : https://github.com/BuildingSync/schema/raw/develop/.github/BuildingSync_Contribution_Proposal_v1.0_2017-04-10.doc
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