| 1 | # FCM: How to Contribute |
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| 3 | ## Report Bugs |
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| 5 | Report bugs and request enhancement by opening an issue on |
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| 6 | [FCM issues @ Github](https://github.com/metomi/fcm/issues). If reporting a |
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| 7 | bug, add a recipe for repeating it. If requesting an enhancement, |
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| 8 | describe the use case in detail. |
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| 9 | |
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| 10 | ## Contribute Code |
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| 11 | |
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| 12 | All contributions to FCM are made via pull requests against the *master* |
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| 13 | branch of [metomi/fcm](https://github.com/metomi/fcm). New contributors |
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| 14 | should add their details to the [Code Contributors](#code-contributors) |
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| 15 | section of this file as part of their first request. The developer who |
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| 16 | reviews each pull request is responsible for checking that the |
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| 17 | contributor's name is listed in this file before merging the pull request |
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| 18 | into *master*. |
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| 19 | |
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| 20 | ## Code Contributors |
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| 21 | |
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| 22 | The following people have contributed to this code under the terms of |
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| 23 | the Contributor Licence Agreement and Certificate of Origin detailed |
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| 24 | below: |
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| 25 | |
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| 26 | * Jim Bolton (Met Office, UK) |
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| 27 | * Andrew Clark (Met Office, UK) |
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| 28 | * Paul Cresswell (Met Office, UK) |
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| 29 | * Martin Dix (CSIRO, Australia) |
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| 30 | * Ben Fitzpatrick (Met Office, UK) |
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| 31 | * Dave Matthews (Met Office, UK) |
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| 32 | * Stephen Oxley (Met Office, UK) |
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| 33 | * Matt Pryor (Met Office, UK) |
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| 34 | * Roddy Sharp (Met Office, UK) |
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| 35 | * Matt Shin (Met Office, UK) |
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| 36 | * Stuart Whitehouse (Met Office, UK) |
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| 37 | * Tim Pillinger (Met Office, UK) |
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| 38 | * Joe Mancell (Met Office, UK) |
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| 39 | |
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| 40 | (All contributors are identifiable with email addresses in the version |
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| 41 | control logs or otherwise.) |
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| 42 | |
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| 43 | ## Contributor Licence Agreement and Certificate of Origin |
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| 44 | |
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| 45 | By making a contribution to this project, I certify that: |
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| 46 | |
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| 47 | (a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I have |
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| 48 | the right to submit it, either on my behalf or on behalf of my |
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| 49 | employer, under the terms and conditions as described by this file; |
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| 50 | or |
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| 51 | |
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| 52 | (b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best of |
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| 53 | my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate licence and I have |
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| 54 | the right or permission from the copyright owner under that licence |
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| 55 | to submit that work with modifications, whether created in whole or |
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| 56 | in part by me, under the terms and conditions as described by |
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| 57 | this file; or |
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| 58 | |
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| 59 | (c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other person |
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| 60 | who certified (a) or (b) and I have not modified it. |
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| 61 | |
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| 62 | (d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution |
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| 63 | are public and that a record of the contribution (including my |
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| 64 | name and email address) is retained for the full term of |
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| 65 | the copyright and may be redistributed consistent with this project |
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| 66 | or the licence(s) involved. |
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| 68 | (e) I, or my employer, grant to the UK Met Office and all recipients of |
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| 69 | this software a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, |
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| 70 | royalty-free, irrevocable copyright licence to reproduce, modify, |
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| 71 | prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, |
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| 72 | sub-licence, and distribute this contribution and such modifications |
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| 73 | and derivative works consistent with this project or the licence(s) |
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| 74 | involved or other appropriate open source licence(s) specified by |
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| 75 | the project and approved by the |
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| 76 | [Open Source Initiative (OSI)](http://www.opensource.org/). |
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| 77 | |
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| 78 | (f) If I become aware of anything that would make any of the above |
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| 79 | inaccurate, in any way, I will let the UK Met Office know as soon as |
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| 80 | I become aware. |
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| 81 | |
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| 82 | (The FCM Contributor Licence Agreement and Certificate of Origin is |
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| 83 | inspired by the Certificate of Origin used by Enyo and the Linux |
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| 84 | Kernel.) |
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