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1*1fa6dee9SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerWant to contribute? Great! First, read this page (including the small print at the end).
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3*1fa6dee9SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker### Before you contribute
4*1fa6dee9SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerBefore we can use your code, you must sign the
5*1fa6dee9SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker[Google Individual Contributor License Agreement](https://developers.google.com/open-source/cla/individual?csw=1)
6*1fa6dee9SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker(CLA), which you can do online. The CLA is necessary mainly because you own the
7*1fa6dee9SAndroid Build Coastguard Workercopyright to your changes, even after your contribution becomes part of our
8*1fa6dee9SAndroid Build Coastguard Workercodebase, so we need your permission to use and distribute your code. We also
9*1fa6dee9SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerneed to be sure of various other things—for instance that you'll tell us if you
10*1fa6dee9SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerknow that your code infringes on other people's patents. You don't have to sign
11*1fa6dee9SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerthe CLA until after you've submitted your code for review and a member has
12*1fa6dee9SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerapproved it, but you must do it before we can put your code into our codebase.
13*1fa6dee9SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerBefore you start working on a larger contribution, you should get in touch with
14*1fa6dee9SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerus first through the issue tracker with your idea so that we can help out and
15*1fa6dee9SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerpossibly guide you. Coordinating up front makes it much easier to avoid
16*1fa6dee9SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerfrustration later on.
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18*1fa6dee9SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker### Code reviews
19*1fa6dee9SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerAll submissions, including submissions by project members, require review. We
20*1fa6dee9SAndroid Build Coastguard Workeruse Github pull requests for this purpose.
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22*1fa6dee9SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker### The small print
23*1fa6dee9SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerContributions made by corporations are covered by a different agreement than
24*1fa6dee9SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerthe one above, the Software Grant and Corporate Contributor License Agreement.
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