Contributing
All the software described on this site is open source and our intention is to make contribution as easy as possible
Licence
In order to make adoption and contribution as easy as possible, all components of BBC Hive are released under the MIT open source license:
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
Contributing
We’re really looking forward to your feedback and contributions. Raise an issue in the relevant github repo if you find any problems or have some questions.
We’re adopting a fork and pull model for the code. So if you have anything you want to contribute, fork the relevant repo, make your changes, and open a pull request. We promise to get back to you promptly. Take a look at this github documentation for more information.
If your contribution is significant, we ask that you complete a contributor licence agreement.
Completing the Contributor Licence Agreement
A CLA grants us a licence to include your contributions. It protect your rights as a contributor, and ensures the contributions can be used by everyone.
You can find the CLA here.
When completing the CLA, please be very careful to enter all the information requested, including your email address and Github user name.
Acceptance Criteria
We welcome contributions. In order for us to accept a contribution we require that code is supported by tests and documentation.