awesome-sysadmin/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

# Contribution Guidelines

This is a compilation of **Free and Libre Open Source Software ([FLOSS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software))**. Restrictive licenses (aka Freeware, Shareware) are *not awesome*. Please adhere to the following guidelines or your Pull Request will be closed.

**Submitting your own software is not awesome**, unless you have a healthy ecosystem with a few contributors which aren't your sock puppet accounts.

## Commits

* Search previous suggestions before making a new one.
* Use the following format: `[RESOURCE](LINK) - DESCRIPTION.`
  * Keep descriptions short (<80 characters).
  * End descriptions with a full stop.
* Make an individual commit for each category.
  * Order projects alphabetically.

## Pull Requests

* Consolidate multiple commits.
* Use imperative (e.g. add instead of added/adding) in the PR title.
* Include application names, categories and a link to the open source project page in the description.
* Write a short text why the application you're adding is actually awesome.
  * Put only stuff on the list you or another contributor can personally recommend
  * Recommending your own software is discouraged.
Guidelines added 2014-05-22 16:59:19 -07:00			`# Contribution Guidelines`

added recommendation requirement 2015-06-27 14:45:27 -07:00			`This is a compilation of Free and Libre Open Source Software ([FLOSS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software)). Restrictive licenses (aka Freeware, Shareware) are not awesome. Please adhere to the following guidelines or your Pull Request will be closed.`
trying to clarify contribution guidelines 2015-04-05 04:56:08 -07:00
update CONTRIBUTING with bias notice Submitting your own software is only cool if you have a huge healthy ecosystem. If you have 20 stars on github and you are the sole developer, that's not awesome. Consider what happens when you die (see also: truck factor) and lots of people depend on your software? 2020-03-17 14:34:10 -07:00			`Submitting your own software is not awesome, unless you have a healthy ecosystem with a few contributors which aren't your sock puppet accounts.`

trying to clarify contribution guidelines 2015-04-05 04:56:08 -07:00			`## Commits`
Fix Markdown according to markdown-lint 2017-12-01 02:41:01 -08:00
clarified language, removed more please 2015-04-04 03:43:09 -07:00			`* Search previous suggestions before making a new one.`
trying to clarify contribution guidelines 2015-04-05 04:56:08 -07:00			* Use the following format: `[RESOURCE](LINK) - DESCRIPTION.`
			`* Keep descriptions short (<80 characters).`
			`* End descriptions with a full stop.`
clarified language, removed more please 2015-04-04 03:43:09 -07:00			`* Make an individual commit for each category.`
trying to clarify contribution guidelines 2015-04-05 04:56:08 -07:00			`* Order projects alphabetically.`
Fix Markdown according to markdown-lint 2017-12-01 02:41:01 -08:00
trying to clarify contribution guidelines 2015-04-05 04:56:08 -07:00			`## Pull Requests`
Fix Markdown according to markdown-lint 2017-12-01 02:41:01 -08:00
move consolidation suggestion to PR section, closes #65 2015-06-15 10:27:44 -07:00			`* Consolidate multiple commits.`
trying to clarify contribution guidelines 2015-04-05 04:56:08 -07:00			`* Use imperative (e.g. add instead of added/adding) in the PR title.`
			`* Include application names, categories and a link to the open source project page in the description.`
added recommendation requirement 2015-06-27 14:45:27 -07:00			`* Write a short text why the application you're adding is actually awesome.`
			`* Put only stuff on the list you or another contributor can personally recommend`
Update CONTRIBUTING.md discourage recommending own software 2018-01-26 10:40:43 -08:00			`* Recommending your own software is discouraged.`