From 424d2d239496b07ac4e8960157ea8692347d2baf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 10:32:19 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add README.md file with info about this project. --- README.md | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a899ca7 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +Conservancy's Policies +====================== + +These are the policies of the [Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc.](https://sfconservancy.org). + +License +------- + +To the extent possible, Conservancy disclaims all copyright on the documents +herein, and provides them under the +[CC-0 1.0 Universal copyright waiver and fallback license](CC0-1.0.txt). +Conservancy kindly asks that you remove Conservancy's name and all references +to contact information of our organization if you reuse these policies for +your own organizations and projects. + +Contributing +------------ + +The canonical location for this repository is +[on Gitorious](https://gitorious.org/conservancy/policies). Copies of this +repository elsewhere, such as Github, are for backup purposes only. If you +have contributions, submit them on Gitorious. + +These policies are discussed in public with Conservancy's member projects and +other Conservancy enthusiasts on +[the polices-discuss mailing list](http://lists.sfconservancy.org/mailman/listinfo/policies-discuss). + +The 'master' branch in this repository denotes the current polices that are +in-effect for the Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc. Proposals are made by +people in forked versions on Gitorious, and then if the +[Conservancy staff](https://sfconservancy.org/about/staff/) plans to propose +them to +[Conservancy's Board of Directors](https://sfconservancy.org/about/board/), +they are merged into the 'ready-for-board-approval' branch. Once approved by +the Board of Directors, Conservancy staff merges the changes into the +'master' branch. +