# Contributing

## Code of conduct

We welcome contributions from everyone, and to ensure our community stays open and healthy
we adhere to the [Contributor Covenant](https://www.contributor-covenant.org/), a widely
used [code of conduct](/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) adopted by many other communities such as
Linux, Ruby on Rails and GitLab.

Everyone participating in the Autoware.Auto community is expected to follow the code of
conduct.

If someone in the community happens to be violating these terms, please let the project
leads know, and we will address it as soon as possible.

## License

Autoware.Auto is licensed under Apache 2, and thus all contributions will be licensed as such
as per clause 5 of the Apache 2 License:

~~~
5. Submission of Contributions. Unless You explicitly state otherwise,
   any Contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the Work
   by You to the Licensor shall be under the terms and conditions of
   this License, without any additional terms or conditions.
   Notwithstanding the above, nothing herein shall supersede or modify
   the terms of any separate license agreement you may have executed
   with Licensor regarding such Contributions.
~~~

## Detailed contribution guidelines

For more detailed information on contributing to Autoware, including development processes,
please see the contributing guidelines on the Autoware Wiki:

https://github.com/autowarefoundation/autoware/wiki/Contributing-to-Autoware