Add new license-header policy to CONTRIBUTING.rst

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Kodi Arfer 2017-04-27 14:11:38 -07:00
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@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ Pull requests are great! We love them; here is a quick guide:
documentation fixes or code cleanup), you can directly open the PR without
first opening a corresponding issue.
- Every Python or Hy file in the source tree that is potentially copyrightable
should have the following header (but with ``;;`` in place of ``#`` for Hy
files)::
# Copyright [current year] the authors.
# This file is part of Hy, which is free software licensed under the Expat
# license. See the LICENSE.
As a rule of thumb, a file can be considered potentially copyrightable if it
includes at least 10 lines that contain something other than comments or
whitespace. If in doubt, include the header.
- Before you submit a PR, please run the tests and check your code
against the style guide. You can do both of these things at once::