How to contribute ?
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Please consider the following simple rules if you would like to contribute to  the `ZOO-Project <http://zoo-project.org>`__  open source software.

Community 
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Anybody is welcome to share and contribute ideas, code, documentation or any relevant resource. This should be done according to the directives stated in the ZOO-Project :ref:`contribute_index`.

Governance
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`ZOO-Project <http://zoo-project.org>`__ activities are directed by the Project Steering Committee (PSC) and the software itself is being developed, maintained and documented by an international community of users and developers (aka `ZOO-Tribe <http://zoo-project.org/new/ZOO-Project/ZOO%20Tribe>`_).

Contributions are moderated and integrated in trunk at the discretion of the `ZOO-Project <http://zoo-project.org>`__ PSC. Commit access are usually granted to active contributors by vote from the PSC members. 

Licensing
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`ZOO-Project <http://zoo-project.org>`__ source code is open source and made available under the `MIT/X-11 <http://opensource.org/licenses/MITlicense>`__  `license
<http://zoo-project.org/trac/browser/trunk/zoo-project/LICENSE>`__. You must agree to the terms of that same license when creating, submiting and releasing new source code.

`ZOO-Project <http://zoo-project.org>`__ documentation is open source and made available under the `Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License
<https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode>`__ . You must agree to the terms of that same license when creating, submiting and releasing a new documentation file.

Available media
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Discussions and contributions to `ZOO-Project <http://zoo-project.org>`__ are encouraged using the following public media.

Mailing lists
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Feel free to post any question, feedback, comment or idea to the general public mailing list. For project managment or governance topics, please use the PSC list.

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  Name,Description
    `zoo-discuss <http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/zoo-discuss>`__,General mailing list for ZOO-Project users and developers
    `zoo-psc <http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/zoo-psc>`__,Project Steering Committe mailing list
    

IRC
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Join the **#zoo-project** channel on irc.freenode.net to discuss with the ZOO-Tribe at any time.


Tracker
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Bug reports and code patches should be shared using the `ZOO-Project <http://zoo-project.org>`__ bug tracking system, as specified in the :ref:`contribute-code` section. 

Wiki
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Wiki pages can also be created by registered users. They can be used in order to describe any concept, contribution and or action that benefits or is related to the project.
