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docs: license guidelines #117

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Expand Up @@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ We are really glad you are reading this, because we need volunteer developers to
* [More about labels](#more-about-labels)
* [Pull Requests](#pull-requests)
* [Resolving Conflicts by Rebasing](#resolving-conflicts-by-rebasing)
* [Avoiding Issues with the Commit Sign-off](#avoiding-issues-with-the-commit-sign-off)
* [Reviews](#reviews)
* [Commit convention](#commit-convention)
* [Coding Guidelines](#coding-guidelines)
* [Licensing Guidelines](#licensing-guidelines)
* [Developer Certificate Of Origin](#developer-certificate-of-origin)
* [Contributor of the month](#contributor-of-the-month)
* [How do I become a maintainer?](#how-do-i-become-a-maintainer)
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If you have any questions or run into any issues, feel free to reach out to our community for support.

### Reviews

Reviewing a pull request is also a very good way of contributing.

If you want to review PR often to help the project, you may want to be recognized as a reviewer. You can find more info on becoming a reviewer [here](https://github.com/falcosecurity/evolution/blob/main/MAINTAINERS_GUIDELINES.md#onboarding-a-reviewer).

### Commit convention

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- reference guidelines of the code language used should be followed;
- significant functionality should come with appropriate testing to be run in the automated test suite;
- if third-party code is used, all licenses must be preserved and be compatible with our [licensing requirements](https://github.com/falcosecurity/evolution/blob/main/GOVERNANCE.md#license).
- [licensing guidelines](#licensing-guidelines) must be followed.
## Licensing Guidelines

The following guidelines apply to all repositories under the `falcosecurity` organization:

- our Governance's [licensing requirements](https://github.com/falcosecurity/evolution/blob/main/GOVERNANCE.md#license) must be respected;
- unless otherwise specified, all code must be licensed under the [Apache License 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0);
- each repository must have a `LICENSE` file in its root folder;
- all new inbound code contributions must be signed off with the [Developer Certificate of Origin](#developer-certificate-of-origin);
- all source file headers must include the corresponding [SPDX license identifier](https://spdx.dev/ids);
- if third-party code is used, their licenses must be vetted to ensure compatibility with our [licensing requirements](https://github.com/falcosecurity/evolution/blob/main/GOVERNANCE.md#license).

## Developer Certificate Of Origin

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git commit --amend -s
```

We use [@poiana](https://github.com/poiana) to enforce the DCO on each pull request and branch commits of every `falcosecurity` respository.

### Reviews

Reviewing a pull request is also a very good way of contributing.

If you want to review PR often to help the project, you may want to be recognized as a reviewer. You can find more info on becoming a reviewer [here](https://github.com/falcosecurity/evolution/blob/main/MAINTAINERS_GUIDELINES.md#onboarding-a-reviewer).
We use [@poiana](https://github.com/poiana) to enforce the DCO on each pull request and branch commits of every `falcosecurity` respository

## Contributor of the month

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