diff --git a/acknowledgements.rst b/acknowledgements.rst index 4d527f4..095b5ad 100644 --- a/acknowledgements.rst +++ b/acknowledgements.rst @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +**Note: This file is only relevant for legacy contributions, to acknowledge the +specific contributors referred to in "Arm Limited and Contributors" copyright +notices. As contributors are now encouraged to put their name or company name +directly into the copyright notices, this file is not relevant for new +contributions.** + Contributor Acknowledgements ============================ diff --git a/contributing.rst b/contributing.rst index 5ab7f09..d98d5b9 100644 --- a/contributing.rst +++ b/contributing.rst @@ -50,19 +50,19 @@ other in-source documentation needs updating. - Ensure that each changed file has the correct copyright and license information. Files that entirely consist of contributions to this - project should have the copyright notice and BSD-3-Clause SPDX license - identifier as shown in `license.rst`_. Files that contain - changes to imported Third Party IP should contain a notice as follows, - with the original copyright and license text retained: + project should have a copyright notice and BSD-3-Clause SPDX license + identifier of the form as shown in `license.rst`_. Files that contain + changes to imported Third Party IP files should retain their original + copyright and license notices. For significant contributions you may + add your own copyright notice in following format: :: - Portions copyright (c) [XXXX-]YYYY, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved. + Portions copyright (c) [XXXX-]YYYY, . All rights reserved. where XXXX is the year of first contribution (if different to YYYY) and - YYYY is the year of most recent contribution. - - If not done previously, you may add your name or your company name to - the `Acknowledgements`_ file. + YYYY is the year of most recent contribution. is your name or + your company name. - If you are submitting new files that you intend to be the technical sub-maintainer for (for example, a new platform port), then also update the `Maintainers`_ file. diff --git a/license.rst b/license.rst index a4464d9..29bdf56 100644 --- a/license.rst +++ b/license.rst @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Copyright (c) 2013-2018, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved. +Copyright (c) [XXXX-]YYYY, . All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: