Add a page for general contribution guidelines. #28
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| Contributions made entirely by AI are prohibited. | ||
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| .. note:: When this page refers to "AI" it means any LLM/generative |
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It may be ideal to shift this note way up because AI is hinted at way sooner than this section, but I am not sure.
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Ok, I shifted it up a tad.
I find these info boxes can impact the reading flow, so I usually keep them out of the way more often than I keep them relevant. But after the second paragraph there's a spot that has a natural break, so I'm ok with that one too.
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| If you authored every part of your contribution, this is not a problem. You can submit your contribution | ||
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| However, any code, images, or ideas you took from somewhere else have a copyright you must respect. |
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Ideas aren't subject to copyright (or even patents). Only an implementation of something can be subject to either copyright or patents.
| However, any code, images, or ideas you took from somewhere else have a copyright you must respect. | |
| However, any code or assets you took from somewhere else have a copyright you must respect. |
While on the topic of patents, it's possible that they can get in the way of some contributions, but it's been very uncommon in Godot's history. Therefore, it's probably not worth detailing on this page.
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This used to say "intellectual property" which certainly does apply to ideas separate from the implementation. We can't implement an algorithm if it's proprietary, even if we don't use the same implementation. Maybe we should rephrase again?
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Maybe we should rephrase again?
Yes, but I'm not sure how to phrase it exactly. If we don't find a better alternative, it's fine to leave as-is.
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I just pushed a new version that's probably more correct. I'll ask in 'general' though, perhaps somebody has a stronger opinion.
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This PR takes a different, more practical approach to the "general guidelines". It's structured by "Things you must do when contributing to Godot".
In contrast to #19, the AI subsection is short, and focused on disclosing the use of AI. In addition, a separate section is added about understanding what you contribute (plus another one for licenses).
After looking at both, I prefer this PR over #19.