1# How to become a contributor and submit your own code 2 3## Contributor License Agreements 4 5We'd love to accept your sample apps and patches! Before we can take them, we 6have to jump a couple of legal hurdles. 7 8Please fill out either the individual or corporate Contributor License Agreement 9(CLA). 10 11 * If you are an individual writing original source code and you're sure you 12 own the intellectual property, then you'll need to sign an [individual CLA] 13 (http://code.google.com/legal/individual-cla-v1.0.html). 14 * If you work for a company that wants to allow you to contribute your work, 15 then you'll need to sign a [corporate CLA] 16 (http://code.google.com/legal/corporate-cla-v1.0.html). 17 18Follow either of the two links above to access the appropriate CLA and 19instructions for how to sign and return it. Once we receive it, we'll be able to 20accept your pull requests. 21 22## Contributing a Patch 23 241. Sign a Contributor License Agreement, if you have not yet done so (see 25 details above). 261. Create your change to the repo in question. 27 * Fork the desired repo, develop and test your code changes. 28 * Ensure that your code is clear and comprehensible. 29 * Ensure that your code has an appropriate set of unit tests which all pass. 301. Submit a pull request. 311. The repo owner will review your request. If it is approved, the change will 32 be merged. If it needs additional work, the repo owner will respond with 33 useful comments. 34 35