ansible/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

# WELCOME TO ANSIBLE GITHUB

Hi! Nice to see you here!

## QUESTIONS ?

If you have questions about anything related to Ansible, get in touch with us!
See [Communicating with the Ansible community](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html) to find out how.

The [Community Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/index.html) also explains how to contribute
and interact with the project, including how to submit bug reports and code to Ansible.

Please note that the GitHub issue tracker is not the best place to ask questions for several reasons.
You'll get more helpful, and quicker, responses in the forum.

## CONTRIBUTING ?

By contributing to this project you agree to the [Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO)](#developer-certificate-of-origin-dco).

The Ansible project is licensed under the [GPL-3.0](COPYING) or later. Some portions of the code fall under other licenses as noted in individual files.

The Ansible project accepts contributions through GitHub pull requests.
Please review the [Community Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/index.html) for more information on contributing to Ansible.

## BUG TO REPORT ?

First and foremost, also check the [Community Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/index.html).

You can report bugs or make enhancement requests at
the [Ansible GitHub issue page](http://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/new/choose) by filling out the issue template that will be presented.

Also please make sure you are testing on the latest released version of Ansible or the development branch.
See the [Installation Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html) for details.

Thanks!

## DEVELOPER CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN (DCO)

This document was created by the Linux Kernel community and is a simple statement that you, as a contributor, have the legal right to make the contribution.

```text
Developer Certificate of Origin
Version 1.1

Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors.
1 Letterman Drive
Suite D4700
San Francisco, CA, 94129

Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
license document, but changing it is not allowed.

Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1

By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:

(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
    have the right to submit it under the open source license
    indicated in the file; or

(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
    of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
    license and I have the right under that license to submit that
    work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
    by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
    permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
    in the file; or

(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
    person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
    it.

(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
    are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
    personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
    maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
    this project or the open source license(s) involved.
```